Casually Ale once told me about this story about this man who got into trouble and by
trouble I mean jail Because he was obsessed with feathers
He would go to natural history museums and say he was an academic
Befriend museum workers
Archivists
And then he would pluck
away kilos of feathers
Which means huge bags
Which means 6 million francs worth of feathers
I was reading an article about it
The retired director of Bern's natural history museum told the story
Betrayal was the tone of every quote
I should have smelt the rat
He said
He stayed in jail for 2 years
We were a bit surprised because we thought it would be more but maybe because
He’s white
it’s easier to forgive or comprehend
Anyways
What happened to the collection of feathers
And anyways you can’t know which bird had which feather because the bags are huge and the
feathers must get mixed and anyways
What happened to his obsession when he got caught in Münich
Did he deny it or did he hand himself in
But then they searched his house and there was this room with the wings and feathers
It was like an open studio visit
MTV cribs
His fingers grazing exotic feathers
Apparently he got therapy
Swiss jail therapy