The Borrego Yeti

Sometimes , you can solve a mystery. Sometimes the mystery eludes you and is never solved. And, like many Borrego residents, we look for desert clues to explain things. You know what type animal has been frequenting the garden by myriad clues...scat, prints, feathers, sounds or actual sightings. We are always looking and listening and have come up with answers to most Borrego mysteries. But, there are exceptions:

A real poser when we first moved here was not solved for months. We kept hearing things at odd times...soft eerie flute-like melodies with out any real structure...just soft musical notes coming to us on the wind, so to speak. We were even uncertain of the direction from which they came. " Do you hear something?" ...was the often asked question. We made up stories to explain it; the ancient shaman calling to us, the lost musician, the echo from afar, the sound of the wind... We solved the riddle several months from the time we first heard the music. We were passing by the old Hoberg Hotel, which was vacant, and heard it again - louder! GHOSTS! As we walked by, we spotted a reclusive flute player amongst the palms. We later found out he was the caretaker. Mystery solved!

One unsolved mystery remains: We never found out who ( or WHAT ) made the barefoot tracks we found for several consecutive weeks around our neighborhood. Others had also noticed them. The footprints were huge - around size twelve or larger, we guessed. It had to be a night walker. Streets and sand are too hot during the day. And, he must have had tough feet because there are stickers, pebbles and cacti everywhere! We heard rumors of others seeing bare foot prints around their yards, even around their houses. We never met a barefoot person on any of our walks.

We know about the Ranchita Yeti. Do you think there might be a Borrego Yeti, too?