I was going to stay out of the comments because I am not a Halloween person, and I know it's just a throwaway comment, but I am _fascinated_ by the porch geese phenomenon - I had no idea! (and this is despite still getting physical copies of the Atlantic, which seem to disappear into some kind of "print news Bermuda Triangle" with the New Yorker when my wife lays hands on them.
I was going to stay out of the comments because I am not a Halloween person, and I know it's just a throwaway comment, but I am _fascinated_ by the porch geese phenomenon - I had no idea! (and this is despite still getting physical copies of the Atlantic, which seem to disappear into some kind of "print news Bermuda Triangle" with the New Yorker when my wife lays hands on them.
It may have been regional-ish: I moved from the suburbs of Detroit to the suburbs of Pittsburgh in '96, and I mostly remember my mom making the goose clothes to give to family back in Michigan where everyone we knew had one. The sewing patterns were still real hot commodities at Pat Catans though.
I was going to stay out of the comments because I am not a Halloween person, and I know it's just a throwaway comment, but I am _fascinated_ by the porch geese phenomenon - I had no idea! (and this is despite still getting physical copies of the Atlantic, which seem to disappear into some kind of "print news Bermuda Triangle" with the New Yorker when my wife lays hands on them.
It may have been regional-ish: I moved from the suburbs of Detroit to the suburbs of Pittsburgh in '96, and I mostly remember my mom making the goose clothes to give to family back in Michigan where everyone we knew had one. The sewing patterns were still real hot commodities at Pat Catans though.
I have seen it with various statues, but I don't think ever a goose...
Neighbor lady still does it with an owl statue.