Do you know what is behind YOUR dryer?

A few weeks ago we went down to southern Utah for a family reunion (see last post for more details) and I accidently left a load of wash in the washer... yuck! Typically I would have gotten the clothes out, and then rewashed them, but I was in a rush so I just stuck soap in and started it up.... bad idea. I guess the clothes were stuck to the washer so well that when the water from the washer needed to drain, it couldn't.

 As most people know when the washer goes through one cycle, it fills and empties the water multiple times....

So.....

we ended up with a wet floor and a paniced Stephanie.

 Luckily I had caught the flood pretty early, so there wasn't that much water on the ground.

And luckily the washer doesn't have carpet under it (linoleum instead).

Well, to make a long story short, everything was fine and it was an easy fix. We decided to move the washer and dryer and clean the floor just to make sure that mold wouldn't grow.

In the process this is what we found:

Do you know what that is???? Here is a closer look:

IT'S A BIRD!!! When we removed the silver duct, this is what we found in the entrance to the back of our dryer! If you look closely in this picture, you can see the beak and everything!

 I have no clue how long it has been in there... this is the first time that we have cleaned behind the dryer in two years.

And no it didn't stink! Here is another picture when we put it in the trash next to Matt's hand (so you can get a comparison for size purposes)

So- I will ask the question again-

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR DRYER????