Lizard Refuses to Leave Our Front Porch

Several weeks back Jason and I were standing out on our front porch looking at the stars and enjoying a cool Costa Rican evening. With his flashlight Jason caught a glimpse of something on the cement just a few feet away.

Upon closer inspection he realized that what he saw was a lizard — and it wasn’t moving. Was it dead? Was it Lanna the iguana back from the dead to haunt us?

The next day we took a closer look and indeed it was a lizard. Her tail was gone. She was clearly dead. Jason noted that she even had “blood in her eyes.”

Poor thing…she’s even missing a foot.

Days went by and the dead lizard just sat there. We thought it was strange that nothing moved it from that spot. Why hadn’t the dogs gotten to it? Was it decaying?

It wasn’t until our clever friends Ben and Cathie came to visit that the mystery was finally solved. Ben took a stick and poked the lizard. After his experiment he reported back to us that on the lizard’s belly it said: “Made in China.”

Turns out the lizard wasn’t Lanna reincarnate, but rather an old plastic toy probably left there as a joke.

This is Cathie, Ben, and Jason out to breakfast. You can tell by Ben’s shirt that he takes his lizard inspection seriously. Our home is certainly more secure now. Thanks Ben.