05-22-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On May 22nd, 1587, William Shakespeare was walking through the streets of London when he noticed a most peculiar sight. A goose, over six feet tall, was parading through the town square followed by a mob of excited onlookers. The giant goose was plucked completely and seemed utterly unbothered by its naked state or the crowd surrounding it.

Shakespeare, never one to pass up questionable events for potential comedic material, soon found himself swept up in the crowd's wake. He followed the procession all the way to St. Paul's Cathedral where the oversized bird proceeded to pull out a church organ from its backside, honk out a few bars of a folk song and nonchalantly prance inside for evening prayers.

Later accounts provide no reasonable explanation for the anomalous avian or how it performed such implausible feats. All that is known for certain is that William came away from the experience utterly baffled yet thoroughly inspired for his next play. Some say the outlandish encounter can be directly linked to his writing of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" which featured unusual transformations and even stranger incidents involving Bottom the Ass. All in all, it seems May 22nd, 1587 must rank as one of London town's most mystifying and memorable days.