Sad News: Cactus has Vanished for 2006!

Friends and faithful followers of the Christmas Cactus Legend, I bear bad news today. Alas, after a long trek through icy conditions, our trusty field unit has arrived in Friendswood, TX and followed leads to the location where the Christmas Cactus was reported. The home owner's wife and three children (who's identities are on file) were not able to give us any information, saying only "we don't know who owns that thing, but it's gone now. Did you put it here?" I declined of course.

And yes, the bad news is that the Christmas Cactus in gone, vanished! It has eluded me once again, and by such a narrow margin! I could almost touch it, and now its gone, like the mysterious thing that it is. All I was able to find is the sign that was placed upon the cactus, a photo is included here. I'm sending it to the lab for analysis, perhaps we can learn the identity of the perpetrators of this ghastly mystery if we can find cactus residue on the sign. It's a last gasp effort, but may yield valuable clues. Never give up hope, I always say.

So my friends, we move into another year. Where will it turn up? Will it show up again in Wyoming? New Jersey? Utah? Louisiana? Or will it remain in the area as trends seem to suggest? Who will be the unfortunate next victim of the legendary Christmas Cactus?

When we hear of it, you'll be the first to know. For 2006, signing off, Mister E.