One block in Richmond Heights has a mystery. Pink flamingos are arriving on front yards and no one seems to know how or why.
A couple of the plastic birds showed up in a yard in the 1100 block of Yale Avenue not long ago—then more and more.
“They seem to be multiplying, but no one is complaining. They’re very quiet,” resident Coretta April said. She calls it flamingo-bombing. “They just show up.”
She said her husband has had a “make peace not war” sign in their yard for years and flamingos arrived in a “combat scene” in front of the sign.
One neighbor was upset about being flamingo-bombed because she doesn’t like pink, so she painted hers blue.
The Richmond Heights Police Department was holding one of its weekly Walk N Talks on the block Wednesday, and flamingos were the main topic of conversation. An officer joked that a stakeout might be needed to catch the culprit.
“It’s created a sense of community and mystery,” neighbor Ken Gurney said. “The only downside is people who don’t get a flamingo might feel jealous.”
The neighbors are thinking of having a “dress your flamingo contest” on the upcoming National Night Out, and hoping the culprit will take the opportunity to come clean.
That’s Awesome, wish that was going on in my Neighbourhood!