That time we got lost in a taxidermy museum

I had all these visions of running around with the moms downtown, and showing them all the sweet little things our town had to offer; a quaint movie theatre, a couple handmade boutiques, coffee shops, and cafes. But you know what we ended up doing?

Touring the CREEPIEST taxidermy museum ever. 

We were lured inside of a small "adorable looking" shop to taste test some fresh fudge. 

 From there, we ended up in a 30 minute escapade underneath said "adorable looking" store in a "creation museum" filled to the brim with taxidermy animals. 

I'm not kidding. 

We were scared. 

Like I said, it all started innocently, because Momma Boo wanted to try some peanut butter fudge. The Moms tried some, and quickly walked to the back of the store and told me it was terrible. 

HINT #1 (that we should leave.) 

Then, as we were looking around for a minute or two, so as not to alert the store owners that their fudge did indeed suck, I looked up and saw a big moose head sticking up above the walls close to the ceiling and a sign that read "The World's Largest Taxidermy Museum". 

HINT #2. 

I showed the Moms, and said "How do you get to the museum?!?"

 Bad move.

We wandered around, looking for a way to the "museum" and located a set of stairs towards the front that were guarded by this guy.

HINT #3

We thought it would be funny to take a couple pics with him, and maybe check out the museum. I mean, how bad could it be?

{I make pretty faces.} 

It started out a little strange. 

There were all kinds of stuffed animals, and tools, and random things that seemed to have no real connection to one another.

{I was startled by the random boar on the wall.}

The museum was literally under the store. The walls were made of press board and MDF. It was hot, and dark, the taxidermy animals were behind glass, and arranged in very unsettling ways.

{The creepiest goat I have EVER seen.} 

The whole premise of this museum seemed to be to promote creation, rather than evolution. It's not that we didn't agree with what they were trying to "say", we just had a hard time with how they were going about doing it. (by killing hundreds of little baby animals, and posting very radical signs all throughout that made little to no sense!) 

{The Devil's Favorite tool... the TV! (only the kind from the 80's apparently.)}

The whole thing was just WEIRD y'all. 

We were the only one's down there, and it was like a maze!!

Snookums' Mom kept saying these people are strange. Momma Moo almost refused to go any further because she said the hairs on the back of her neck were standing up. I decided it was a PERFECT photo opportunity.

{This was beaver fur. With tires over it. "road kill"}

{(please note... The really weird armadillo purses and bottle holders on the top left, the mountain lion with the stuffed human arm on the top right, the super creepy albino deer on the bottom left, the freaky monkey in the middle bottom, and the VERY weird sign about the shoe that reads that it is the "missing link" only to go on and make a point of how gullible people are. Right. Because I believed you when you said that a 3 foot long converse was a real fossil..... )}

After some really awesome photo ops, we ended up in the little landing area, that I had seen from the main part of the store!  There were plenty of weird things to take pictures with up there too.

I'm sure the people who owned the store and so lovingly arranged all those dead animals LOVED hearing us hee hawing over everything. 

Whoops. 

{There was a very scary large stuffed bear. 

The Giggle sisters didn't like it!}

Once we got to the end, we realized we were actually at a DEAD END, and had to go back through the creepiness in order to escape. 

{Oh. A mirror view of ourselves is the end to this taxidermy tour? That makes me feel really safe.}

We finally found our way back to the main level and HIGH TAILED it outta there. 

After we made it safely outside to my car, we all were in unanimous agreement that we had had enough of my "cute little town, and their adorable shops" and proceeded to the very safe, always predictable, and void-of-dead-animals store that is Wal-mart to do a little grocery shopping!!! 

(Thanks Momma Moo for the groceries!!)

I'm telling you, the Giggle Sisters are a hoot to hang out with. We always find our way into something weird.