I know the strong need I felt to know was Alec making me ask so we could get his sign.
Just before this I was feeling overcome with huge sadness and so heavy hearted.
The other very cool thing is Keith and I have never seen these people or that dog at our neighbors, and they were there for only a half an hour and then they were just gone. I never saw them leave and I was on the deck the whole time.
As Al would say, It's Magic.