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 somewhat well-known around Granville Street. Her name is Laura-Kay Prophet, and VFS even did a doc about her in 2004!
Only in Vancouver you say? Has anyone else seen the Duck Lady about town? Or folks with unusual pets?
