Easter Bunny Sighting? Maybe

Did you know that rabbits are crepuscular? I didn’t! But they are. That means that they prefer to come out at around twilight, when it is just getting dark — and they sleep much of the rest of the time.

I started thinking about the crepuscularity of rabbits because there have been so many sightings of them lately, right around dusk, in my neighborhood. It is spring, of course, and many animals are starting to become more active. They are active everywhere, not just around self storage facilities. Aren’t they?

Recently, several self storage operators have reported seeing bunnies at twilight. Coincidentally, there have been a lot of eggs around lately too. Other strange things have been happening as well. One operator even told me that her salad, which had a lot of carrots in it, disappeared right off the desk in her office yesterday. The same day that her salad disappeared, she found a wind-up chick marching up and down the sidewalk!

Another self storage operator emailed me to say that a new tenant came in dressed as a bunny (he said he was on his way to a costume party) and signed his lease as “P. Cottontail.” She wasn’t suspicious at first. But this Mr. Cottontail seemed rather nervous. You could almost call him twitchy. And he kept wrinkling his nose.

It’s true that self storage facilities are a wonderful place to store things that you will need for a special occasion. A self storage unit is the perfect place to squirrel (if you’ll forgive the expression)  Easter baskets, basket stuffing (such as fake grass), toy chicks and bunnies, little bottles of bubbles for bubble-blowing, plastic eggs, and other special Easter treats. And I do remember hearing that Santa used a self service kiosk at a self storage facility in North Pole, Alaska, last year, to rent a self storage unit in which to keep stocking stuffers until Christmas Eve. Even Santa can get short on space. But the Easter bunny would never rent a self storage unit…right?

Hmm.

You go ahead and read the rest of the blog entries. I’m going to go and check some security video archives…and dust for fingerprints. I mean pawprints…

Tags: April Fool's Day, bunnies, Easter, Easter basket, Easter bunny, eggs, Peter Cottontail, rabbits, self storage

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