...as the smoke cleared...

My front porch sits high above the rooftops of the other houses in my subdivision.  I can sit on my front porch and feel as if I'm alone in a tree house.  But this day was different.  I noticed a peculiar smell in the air.  I looked around and saw a huge fire.  I ran through the tall grass of what should be my front yard and made my way to where the fire was burning.  I came upon an eerie scene...as the smoke cleared...I saw strange forms of hauntingly bizarre animals twitching and rolling in the ashes.