Yeah, the hints went in too many different directions to come without some kind of resolution putting them together. I guess the fact that I keep thinking about it and gnashing my teeth ("hunting birds out of season," WTF???) is certainly a kind of success, in that I can't stop thinking about it, buuut.

What did you think was going on in the sighting scene? I had NO clue.

TBF I'm pretty sure most people would be pretty horrified by stepping into a closet full of birds, this is just one of those moments when eg. the fact that my childhood best friend had a yard full of deer carcasses because her dogs dragged them in and played with them and ripped them apart becomes influential.