Stories

Back in 1989 music video was filmed in Athens back by Belle and Sebastian. Our house is visible at the 1:30 mark. 

“It was a blustery day in Spring of 2010 and the gusting wind made the trees bend and the house creak. In a strange moment of downdraft, a whooshing sound came from the chimney followed by hundreds of pounds of decades old coal soot, covering the entire house with an inch of dust. The horror was complete when the living room was filled with approximately 50 chimney swifts, forming a small black tornado inside the house desperate to get out.

After closing doors and waving a broom, the Hitchcock-like horror was contained into the rear bedroom. Upon catching my breath for a few moments, I reentered the room expecting the same cacophony of movement I experienced in the living room; but to my surprise, all was still. The birds had all perched upon the picture railing, waiting…watching…no sound. The horror show was complete, I just knew they were biding their time for the right moment to attack. Cautiously, a window was opened, to no effect. With a glove and a fishing net, I began removing the birds out the window, one by one. 

A half hour later, all were removed safely with the exception of one casualty.”

~ David Lynn