Strange case of the lighted memorial wreath

 If you drive along Allegheny River Blvd  in Pittsburgh Larimer  section  there is a now deteriorating memorial to a gentleman who suffered a heart attack and died a horrific death when he slammed into a tree and car caught fire 

I remember it well it was a hot summer day when I passed by workers recovering the the burnt up car.

Afterwards for several years the family members built and maintained a good sized memorial to him and passed them several times when they where working on it. 

Then for Christmas one year they hung a wreath of pine branches  and I as well as others came by and it had twinkle lights that where lite  which was kind of weird see them lighted and now power any where

Battery powered we figured  but then upon closer examination we saw no wiring no battery pack or lights in the wreath. 

Kind of strange  one evening on and then gone  where they removed ? or stolen ?

Since the wreath was put up I have not seen anyone around it for a couple years now and as you can see its about to fall. 

Wanted to talk to one of them and get whole story  but they seem to no longer be  maintaining it. 

So for now a mystery as to how that wreath was lighted .

Reports of Large Thunder Bird like Activities are all over Western Pa and I possibly saw one

 A very large all black bird with wingspan up to 20 feet  has been rumored to be seen all over the mountainous areas of Fayette and Somerset county's but lately its been spotted closer to Pittsburgh 

I was on Neville Island when a extremely large  bird  came down to pole level height at the Waste Management  Recycle  plant on Grand Ave scaring workers waiting for a bus home 

a Native American Mythological bird 

https://www.historydefined.net/thunderbird/#:~:text=According%20to%20Native%20American%20folklore%2C%20the%20Thunderbird%20is,twice%20the%20length%20of%20the%20traditional%20war%20canoe.

 At first i thought it was some ones kite or drone but no this was a real gigantic bird but what is it? 

is it off  its migration track from a rash of storms this summer ? Maybe  There are many large birds in South America  so maybe its from there .

But what ever it is it has been scaring and amazing people all over . Hopefully some one will be able to get a good picture and we can positively identify it.  Hopefully no one takes a trophy shot at it in the mean time .

 UPDATE  this past Thursday 8-27  while driving on US 6 from Bradford to Sugar Grove I spotted another one of these large unknown birds

Gambling ,Prostitution in Pittsburgh's South Side ? The Interesting place known as The Lotus Club

 Gambling ,Prostitution, Loan Sharking at one time you could find it all in Pittsburgh's South side up into the 80s  There was a notorious After Hours club known as the Lotus Club. along the 2300 block of Sydney Street 

Little did people know when it first opened just what would go on there once the clubs charter was taken over by the mob  

27rooms to do what ever floated your boat when it came to gambling and other vices 

Run by Chester Stupak  considered the king of Dice Games  the club operated with impunity from law enforcement .

 I spent a lot of time in South side as a teenager attending South Vocational High School in 76  

where i went for Electrical wiring Courses and never knew about it. 

If you would like to learn more about it a walking tour of mob activities in the south side is run occasionally

info is available at  

https://steelcityvice.com/south-side-by-the-numbers

 

also check out the whole Steel city vice.com website for some fantastic storys