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Photo: Steve Ember. Used with permission.

Photo: Steve Ember. Used with permission.

Remind me never to leave the house without a camera!

I'm walking down Broadway just west of Granville a few weeks ago, when  ahead of me on the sidewalk I see this lady with a floppy-hat and a long skirt pushing a baby carriage...closely trailed by a large white duck. Waddle waddle went the duck. It's little bum actually swayed to and fro as it walked.

"What the ---?" I said to myself. By the time I caught up to them, the lady had scooped up the duck and placed it on the hood of the carriage. She was super friendly, the lady I mean, but the duck was friendly too, and she also let me pet her soft downy feathers. That is, the duck did.

Me: Is she your pet?

Duck Lady: No, she's my baby.

Turns out Duck Lady is around Granville Street. Her name is Laura-Kay Prophet, and

Only in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­you say? Has anyone else seen the Duck Lady about town? Or folks with unusual pets?