Falsely Accused

Sometimes we all need to remember that things are not always as they seem. Here's an example. This summer I was with Sarah, Allyson, Baxter, Branson, Bentley, Emily and Jane heading down to Capital Reef National Park. We've been in the Sarah's van approximately 10 minutes when a dreadful smell emerged. Accusations about who the culprit was that passed gas generated. Naturally most of the accusations were directly toward the boys Baxter and Branson. Both continued to insist they were not at fault. After a few minutes of this we looked elsewhere pointed to the only one in the car not potty trained, Jane. I insisted that in Jane's short life I had never seen her mess her pants sitting down. She's the type that needs to move around to relax her bowels. When the smell did not ease up we pulled over and I checked Jane's diaper and sure enough it was clean. After buckling up we continued on our way gagging from the increasing foul odor. Once again the boys were blamed. We determining the smell was around Baxter thus all the attention was directly toward him. Baxter insisted he did not fart and we believed him because he has been known to take ownership in such circumstances. Sarah, being a good mom, began to question Baxter's bathing habits and we lectured him the remainder of the ride about good hygiene. We finally arrived at the Gifford home and expelled ourselves from the overwhelming stench. When Allyson and Sarah reentered the van they noticed the stench strong as ever although Baxter was no where around. A search of the vehicle was conducted. The stench was bad enough that you might expect me to tell you a decapitating body was found, instead a cooler that Baxter was sitting on was opened containing rotten worms from a fishing adventure the boys went on a few days earlier.
So the moral of the story? Although you may think you have enough evidence sometimes you need to look a little deeper. You never know what's hiding underneath in a cooler someone is sitting on.