The First Opening Revealed Something Extraordinary
When Castro began investigating, he expected to encounter some acorns.
The evidence already suggested that the bird had been storing them around the house, so discovering a small collection would not have been surprising.
What happened when part of the wall was opened was another matter entirely.
Acorns began coming out.
Not just a few.
They poured from the wall cavity in a steady stream.
Imagine cutting into a section of drywall expecting to find perhaps a handful of nuts, only to discover that the space behind it has effectively become a reservoir.
The more material Castro removed, the more acorns appeared.
At first, the sight was amusing and unusual.
Then the scale of the accumulation became apparent.
This wasn’t a bird’s small emergency food supply.
There were enormous quantities of acorns hidden inside the structure.
The wall itself had essentially become a giant container.
The Acorns Had Spread Through the Wall Cavities
Finding a concentrated pile in one small area would have been remarkable enough.
But the investigation suggested that the problem extended much farther.
