Leads rolling in!

More leads! Great Uncle Derick has been manning the email in box this season and has reported a flurry of Christmas Cactus Sighting leads! As I type, I am at an internet cafe in Ogden, Utah attempting to make my way to the northern border of the United States where a sighting of a mysterious cactus with a red hat has supposedly appeared. Field unit van #1 is performing well, and I can say that I am pleased I have not had the same problems that Ernie has had down in Texas.

Ernie has reported that Field unit van #2 is now repaired, and he has begun routine patrols of the neighborhoods surrounding the area of last year's sighting. We have confirmed that last year's sighting was indeed in the Clear Lake area, and Ernie reports that Clear Lake is in fact anything but clear. But again, I digress.

Ernie investigated two leads that came in this week in the Houston area and both turned out to be dead ends. One was a large trash bag filled with leaves while the other appeared to be an illuminated halapeenyo pepper with a sombrero hat. Poor Ernie was run off the site of the pepper sighting by a rather unfriendly German Shepherd dog and barely made in back to the safety of the Field Unit Van.

As we continue to evaluate leads, our most dedicated efforts are the city of Houston and surrounding towns, since the last few years' sightings have all be from that area. Perhaps the perpetrator of the mysterious Cactus legend prank is trying to make us complacent and lazy to throw us off his trail. Maybe he intends to continue striking in the Houston area. We must be getting close!

As always, if you have any information leading to the discovery of the Christmas Cactus, or to report a sighting, please email us at legendofthechristmascactus@gmail.com.