Who's watching you?

 

There's a rumour going round here, from a friend who studies outer-space and visitors from other planets, that aliens from other worlds have landed here and are able to take the form of animals in our homes and farms. A bit like the shape shifter named Odo in Star Trek. Do you remember Odo? He could change his shape into anything or anyone.

Well, according to my friend, Ivor Anomaly, space aliens have landed on our planet years ago and take the shape of our pet dogs, cats or farm animals; parrots even, or birds in your garden. This way they infiltrate our lives and observe us quietly and send back information to their mother-ship parked nearby in the shape of a tree, trash bin or even a fire hydrant. Just like the telephone box in Doctor Who's Tardis.

Have you noticed how sometimes your dog would look at you intently with his head tilted to one side? He is gathering information ready to transmit to his colleagues nearby; like the recipe of your favourite cookies whilst you're baking, or the items on your shopping list.

Ivor warns us to be careful whilst undressing in front of our pets. They look confused at first and think that we are shedding our outer skin; yet all the time they are transmitting all they see to their spy satellite nearby. Also, never take a shower or have a bath with your pet dog or cat watching you. It may well confuse him and send the wrong information to his colleagues.

Another friend of mine is convinced that his new memory mattress is in fact a shape shifter from another planet because the mattress is now blackmailing him about who he had in his bedroom. 

Mrs Fathead from 15 Acacia Avenue down the road told me that her dog turned her husband into French fries and then ate him off the dining room table whilst she was on the phone. She hasn't seen her husband since they had a row that very morning.

There is as yet no evidence that shape shifters can look like inanimate objects like your clothing, or shoes, or the lamp stand. But people are wondering how sometimes you seem to have lost your car keys, spectacles, TV remote control and other things; and they are not where you last left them. Is it a space alien moving from one place to another, one wonders? 

In summary, be careful around your pets as they may not be what they seem. Were you there at their birth? How can you be sure they are not from outer-space?