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CBS News
10 hours ago
- General
- CBS News
Pigeon and dog become best friends, providing comfort for Minneapolis woman morning loss of daughter
Just a few blocks away from the mighty Mississippi River, in downtown Minneapolis, a friendship is thriving. When it comes to having a pet, Glenda Spindler says there are highs and lows. "They give you a lot of unconditional love," Spindler said. "You know how dogs are, especially male dogs, they want to pee on everything." A longtime dog owner, Spindler knew what she could handle. "I never wanted a bird cause they are just too messy," she said. So, she relies on Flash, her Pomeranian, for companionship and comfort. It's much needed; she's dealing with grief. Spindler lost her beloved daughter in February, a few months after she found Screech, a pigeon — a very friendly and persistent one. Spindler explains the way it all came to be on a fall day in Gold Medal Park. "I think it came at the right time because I got to see how deeply she fell in love with the pigeon," Spindler said. He was a bird no one saw coming. "He had his nose down and I was like, 'What's going on?' And I was like, 'There's a baby bird down there.' I picked him up and I just hung him on the back of the wheelchair," Spindler said. For Flash, it was instant. Screech the pigeon and Flash the dog have become unlikely friends. WCCO "He constantly checked on that baby. They had a bond," Spindler said. Spindler was harder to convince, but Screech finally did it. "Just by coming and cuddling by me," she said. And he kept doing it, and doing it. So she kept feeding him and he fed her too. Screech has had every chance to fly away, but he chooses to stay, giving Spindler and Flash some appreciated attention, and grabbing neighborhood attention, too. Neighbor Joe Wellin regularly walks by in wonder,. "Usually the dogs will chase the pigeons away, or get used to them and just ignore them, but they seem to be friends," he said. And they are — Flash, Screech and Spindler need each other.
Buzz Feed
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Tell Us Which '90s TV Shows And Movies Aged Like Milk
Plenty of movies and TV shows — no matter how popular they were in their day — have aged poorly by today's standards. The '90s was no exception. For example, the Seinfeld "Soup Nazi" was played as a joke, but in the current political climate and with reports of a certain prominent public figure seemingly doing a Nazi salute, it comes across as way too flippant a use of such a word. And when I first watched the Saved by the Bell episode where Screech plays chess against a Russian exchange student, I remember being shocked by how casually they bullied him for being a "commie." And in the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective scene where Ace reveals that Lt. Lois Einhorn is a trans woman by ripping off her clothes is just grossly anti-trans — and it's an example of a harmful trope where a character's gender identity is used as a big reveal or twist. So, what's a scene from a '90s TV show or movie that has aged poorly, in your opinion? Why? Share your answers in the comments, and they may be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post!
