I overuse the words “horrifying” and “terrifying.” Most people do, but I blog, so I probably do it more than most.
But this right here, this is truly horrifying. This is something out of the movie Seven. I’m going to have nightmares over this. And now, so will you.
Let’s check out the allegations….
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From the ABA Journal:
A talking parrot provided what could be taken as chilling evidence in the case of a 60-year-old South Carolina woman charged with neglecting her 98-year-old mother, who was found on the verge of death suffering from severe bedsores.
“The parrot was mimicking, ‘Help me. Help me.’ Then he would laugh,” St. George Police Lt. Eric Bonnette tells the Charleston Post and Courier. “We think he was mimicking the mother when he said, ‘Help me. Help me,’ and mimicking the daughter when he laughed.”
The parrot was allegedly mimicking the daughter laughing at her suffering mother. Jesus Christ. Jesus Tapdancing Christ. What kind of perversion of nature are we talking about? That a person like this daughter exists is freaking terrifying.
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The mother died Tuesday.
I’ve got nothing more to add. I’m just going to call my mother and tell her I love her.
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