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“What’s under your vanity?” my husband inquires.
I am totally clueless. There’s nothing under my vanity but the bathroom rug. I get up to investigate. The room has been stripped of the rugs, only beige tile can be seen, except for the dark spot under the vanity, close to the shower door. I kneel down to get a closer look.
How in the world did that creature get in here? My husband goes to get a cup to scoop it, I go to get my phone for a photo.
Once I have a photo, I use a paper plate to nudge it into the cup. It doesn’t move. It is stuck to the floor. Ewww! I cannot dislodge this critter from my floor with the paper and plastic tools I had planned to use to capture it. A razor blade is needed to pry the dried out body from the tile floor.
Now we are left with a mystery. How did it get in? When did it get in? This bathroom floor is cleaned every week. The rugs are never left outside or set on the ground. To say we are bumfuzzled is an understatement.
elsie tries writing 
Oh my goodness!
Frogs are innovative, I must say. The bathroom was a good place for him but not! This time of year they’re looking for refuge. I have a small bench with a lid this summer and left the lid partly open by mistake the first time. I found that 2 frogs slept there over night. Finally only one stayed. I had to open the lid all the way to make sure the last frog found a new home for the winter. The grandkids loved to check on them when they were here. Too bad about your guy. Love frogs!!! Yes, why didn’t I capture that moment in writing???!!!
Yikes and ewww and how in the heck?! He thought it was a good idea…
Love the way you share those little adventures we find in the most unexpected places.
Guess the creature croaked 😉 Thanks for sharing this unexpected moment of bumfuzzlement, Elsie!
WOW! That’s crazy. Love the titled. SO fitting. And… um, ewwwwww.
Ewwww! I was giggling until it was dead! Yuck!
Great word! Your post reminds me of the day I found the turtle in the hallway of my bedroom. I was definitely bumfuzzled about that one too!
Living in Florida with two cats I have quit asking questions like that. What I really find intriguing is that your husband asked you what it was in the first place!
Now that’s a slice! That razor blade detail sure painted a picture! Ew!
Wow, this really has me wondering about it, too. How and why, and when? What a mystery, Elsie!
Yikes!!! A shrog (as my nephew used to say). Looks like a healthy little dude……once.
Well, all creatures need a final resting place, but how did he chose it? Hmmmm. We’ve had the little tree frogs jump in when opening and closing the doors, but not in the bathroom.
Ewww! At least it was not a dead rat.
I would be sooo freaked out. I don’t think I’d be reaching for my camera.
Haha the possibilities are endless!
oh the stories you can tell! It would have been a good sample for a science classroom. I do wonder how long it had been there. I know that feeling of ” I know I cleaned this bathroom every week!” Will you write us a story?
Yikes! This is a mystery! I can’t stop the story wheels from spinning. This is a tale perfect for October!
Oh my gosh. Ugh. Frog mummies are not what I want to find in the bathroom. Generally, I don’t want to “find” anything in the bathroom! Ha!
I would have gagged if I’d had to scrape that poor mummified froggy off the floor. This is a true slice of real life…and all its mysteries.
Eek! We found a frog under our couch this weekend, but ours was still alive. Yours would have freaked me out. And you needed a razor blade? Eeuuww! Or maybe you were special to him and he chose you as his final resting place. 😉
Ha! (And EW!) I would have loved to see Mike’s reaction. What a crazy thing…and how fun (?) that you caught it as a slice.
Hugs,
Ruth
Just about to have my lunch, Elsie…but your story gives me pause. 🙂
Wow. That frog (?) is really ugly! I’m hoping it was there for a long time which is why it was stuck to the floor. A genuine mystery. Let us know if you ever figure it out. It looks huge but I know the picture was magnified. How big was it? Yuck!
It was only about 2 inches long, I zoomed in to be able to recognize that it was truly a frog.
CRAZY!!! And gross! lol We had a snake in our house and a frog a couple of days later. I suggested we just burn the house down and be done with it all! 🙂
Yikes, and what exactly was that creature? Please tell me you zoomed way in for the pic!
Yes, I zoomed in. 🙂