WED – 2/24
*The crazy temperature swings in the NE have confused my triffids. Usually dormant in Feb, they're presently moving about and...agitated.
*Really high winds tonight, but the triffids seem to be relishing it...milling about. Not to worry -- they're penned.
THUR – 2/25
*Raining again. The triffids are loving the moisture. Getting awful big, and there seems to be more of them. The pen's getting crowded.
*Strange...usually the gentle clicking of the triffids is like white noise...lulling. Tonight it's really loud, and setting me on edge
FRI – 2/26
*Hmmm...a part of the fence on the triffids' pen was blown down last night. I hope none got out. Damn, I wish I'd counted them recently.
*Checked the woods and found a trail of turned-up leaves. No deer did that. Have to face it: One of the triffids got out. Maybe more. Crap.
*Still no sign of the missing triffid (triffids?). Can't report it...illegal here to raise them in NJ. Worried...this is just like 2009.
*Keeping News12NJ on for reports of triffid sightings. None so far. Maybe I dodged a bullet and none escaped.
SAT – 2/27
*Triffid pen okay this AM. No reports of sightings. Shaken by the triffid kill (dead rabbit) on my front porch. An offering? Or a warning?
*Found a decomposing deer in the woods about 250 ft from the house. Signs of multiple triffid feedings. Crap. This means big trouble. CRAP!
*Time for a triffid hunt. Got my Benelli Super Black Eagle II autoloading 12-gauge packed with 3.5-inch double-0 magnums. Wish me luck.
*Of course, a flamethrower would be better, but I'm holding that in reserve. Don't want to set the woods ablaze...yet.
*Came up empty on the hunt. Damn triffids are eluding me. News-12-NJ has no reports of sightings. This is still manageable.
SUN – 2/28
*Yesterday I waited with the Benelli near the dead deer, figuring the triffids would come back to feed. They didn't. Today I go after them.
*Spent the whole damn day hunting the escaped triffids - not a sign of them. Like they're avoiding me. But triffids can't think. Right?
*Can’t sleep due to the noise from the remaining triffids in the pen. They’re clicking like demented castanets. What the hell is going on?
MON – 2/29
*Awakened by
silence this AM. No triffid clicking. Looked out and they're gone - ALL of them. Somehow they opened the pen's gate.
*Roamed the woods with the Benelli all day but no sign of triffids. I'm a little worried. More than a little. What's going on?
*Checked the yard and found the flower beds torn up. Vandalized by triffids? Is that possible? This is getting creepy now.
*Quiet tonight without the triffids. The pen is empty. Where could they have gone? Not the state park, I hope. If so, I'm screwed.
TUE – 3/1
*The yard is completely torn up – triffid tracks all over. A big hole in the chainlink fence by the reservoir. They’ve broken into the state park.
*Gonna be even harder to find them now. And…wait…3 shapes moving away thru the reservoir water. OMG! TRIFFIDS CAN SWIM!
*I wish triffids would attack each other, but what's the point? They're carnivores. Be like offering broccoli to Venus flytraps
*Yikes! Came home tonight and ran over a triffid in my driveway. Stepped out in front of me. I dumped its crushed remains in the reservoir.