There they stood at the corner of the property disputing custody of the dead tree.  They were under the misnomer the tree was on their property, which it clearly was not.  I was taking a video of the entire process and all of a sudden they appeared in my viewfinder.  I didn’t think you could actually photograph vampires as they have no reflective property, but apparently that doesn’t work for video.  I have proof on film, or in this case digital images that they exist.

I motioned to the tree guy to come by me.  He responded immediately, which was good because that meant he managed to evade their spell of submission.  As soon as they saw me they fled into their cave and I would assume, back into their coffins to regain strength.

I asked the tree guy what he told them.  He said they asked who had hired him, and he told them the town contracted him to do the work… strangely enough they accepted his answer without further question.  I found this odd because the tree service truck was parked in my driveway and not in the street.  It was however a very sunny day and I suppose they were unable to make the connection due to the great solar power of  mid-day.