Can You Guess What This Is?

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I realize this is pretty nerdy. But I find it interesting. Look at the black pattern on the concrete just to the right of the water bowl. Can anyone guess what that is?


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I'll give a little hint. The reason I put this in the DYI section is because the week before last, I replaced the expansion joint under my deck between our concrete driveway and the house. Then I caulked it. Notice the fresh caulk at the top of the picture. It was a small run since the majority of our house is basement below ground level. Just a short section under the deck is at ground level.
 
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Here's another hint. Our builder decided it wasn't necessary to caulk under the deck because of the elevation. But there's a hose bib directly above and behind that strange black pattern in the pic. There was about an 8 inch void under the hose spigot where there was no longer an expansion joint.
 
Something dripped on it and made a stain. It's not bat shit unless you smeared it into the concrete with your foot.

The hose bib drips, and the water runs back through the foundation where the expansion joint used to be and lands there?

Am I the only one trying to come up with a logical answer? :D
 
Burt Gummer said:
Something dripped on it and made a stain. It's not bat shit unless you smeared it into the concrete with your foot.

The hose bib drips, and the water runs back through the foundation where the expansion joint used to be and lands there?

Am I the only one trying to come up with a logical answer? :D
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No.

I just gave up.
 
I've seen black stains from water drippage that passes through or over some black tubing or materials. As the material rots, or otherwise degrades, some of the stuff is entrained in the water and accumulates where it drips. It may also be some loose surface particulate on new material, too.

It'll leave marks like that on concrete.
 
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I think that might be some of the asphalt that dripped out of the exp joint when it was so hot the last couple of weeks.
 
Well, I got two of them out. I used a long flat head screwdriver to coax them out. I knew they were living down in the gap under the spigot. Evidently, one decided to crawl back under the concrete where I couldn't get to him. So, when I installed the new expansion joint and caulked it, he became trapped and died. That is the image of a dead toad. I don't know what the scientific name for it is, but when it died and started decomposing, the fluids started soaking through the concrete from underneath, leaving an image of it's body on the upper surface. The same thing happened in our garage when our main floor was poured. Except it was a frog and not a toad. That image was very vivid and detailed because of the smooth polished cement. In the image above, the head is at the bottom and you can see it's back leg sticking out on the right.

Before someone mentions that we must have very thin concrete, I know that it is six inches thick because of a change we made a few years ago to part of our driveway back there. Besides, I was there when it was poured. I just thought this was interesting and decided to share it. I told my wife that I'd do my best to get the toads and lizards out of there before I sealed it up. Unfortunately, one didn't make it.
 
trcubed said:
I find it hard to believe that spot is a toad. Lick it and report back.

:)
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Ha ha ha ha. I think I'll pass. I know it sounds unbelievable, but I swear we had a perfect black image of a frog on our garage floor before we had it coated several years ago. I'm going to try to clean this off this evening and see if it comes back. It wasn't there before we left for Wisconsin last week.
 
I know you guys think I'm nuts. Well, I consider myself nuts anyway so we're all good.:D I'm going to try and figure out a way to verify my theory here. I wouldn't have even started this thread if I hadn't already seen this before in my garage.
 
Hmmm......

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Qball said:
I'm going to try and figure out a way to verify my theory here
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Easy enough:

1. Get big plastic container like Tupperware.
2. Put 1" - 2" soil in bottom.
3. Place live frog on top of soil.
4. Add 6" concrete mix.
5. Watch until frog image appears.
 
Earlier this evening, I scrubbed that spot with bleach. Most, not all, of it disappeared. But then, I noticed two more spots that weren't there yesterday nearby but a little further out from the house. I'm going to wait and see if those get a little clearer the next few days.

It's too bad many of you know my full name. There's not many around these parts with my same last name. So I respectfully request that you don't recommend me to be committed.:D
 
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You bastard, you killed it


:D
 
^^^^

Of course, if it's a North Korean nuke, it might have to be detonated at roof-top level.

Unless the toad is wearing sun screen. Then you might just as well drop the nuke on the toad and squish him.
 
Maybe check and see if someone's been crapin' in your basement, hiding it and inadvertently making jenkem. Not to say theres not one there but I'm not seeing a frog.:)
 
I thought it was a racist map of Antarctica.
 
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