The fishermen say seagulls are shore rats, twisted from eating foul things that wash ashore, and it's better to stay away from them or I might catch something.
Story# 37 from Welcome to Shipsgrave, my Lovecraftian book about a boy who moves with his father to a mysterious town with fishy locals and discovers its strange customs and dark secrets.
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