The photo above with a Parrot on Bessie’s shoulder may have been taken in Hollywood when Houdini was making “The Grim Game”. And that may be “Pat Houdini”, their pet parrot that escaped his cage and disappeared into the Hollywood Hills.
Well, just the other day, another parrot, “Hocus Pocus”, that also has a lot in common with Harry Houdini, did a similar disappearing act. Click the link below for details as reported by the WNEP news station:
Thanks to Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz for sharing this touching story with me and allowing me to share it with you.
Dear Joe;
Thanks for the great story and the picture of Bess with her parrot and the link to John Cox’s Wild About Houdini parrot story.
It looks like Carmen Daily, who is one of the best manufacturers of birdcages worldwide is going to donate an escape proof bird cage to the Houdini Museum.
http://www.animalenvironments.com
In an email she writes, “I would like to donate an ACACIA CAGE FOR HOKEY. He will never be able to open the Animal Environments cage and escape. I have been manufacturing lovely and unique cages for more than 2 decades in California.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FfUtZDjbUU&feature=y
http://youtu.be/PoRsSt-OhKo
http://youtu.be/MMrBHQNVmPA
Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz
The Houdini Museum
The Only Building in the World Dedicated to Houdini
That is fantastic that they are donating an escape-poof birdcage for “Hokie”. What an amazing story.
I thought about the Pat Houdini escape when I first heard this. Glad this story had a happier ending!
Me too!