November 16, 2006
Wild Turkeys are Poor Flyers
Its getting near Thanksgiving, one of Belch.Com’s favorite holidays. And what better way to kick off the season that with a weird story about a reckless bird?
From the AP here:
Turkey day came early for one New Jersey family when one of the wild birds crashed through a house window and made a big mess.
The episode began around 3 p.m. Monday when Lisa Lane, her daughter, Lauren, and notably, their West Highland white terrier, Bubbles, pulled up to the house.
About 20 wild turkeys were feasting on crab apples in their yard, not an unusual sight.
When the birds saw Bubbles, they flew away in a hurry. One, though, did not have a smooth takeoff and crashed into a second-story window of the Lanes’ home.
After Lane called for help, state police, an animal control expert and a turkey-hunting neighbor sporting camouflage and toting a baseball bat showed up for the roundup. But by the time the turkey search party arrived in the bedroom of 8-year-old Jake Lane, where the bird had crashed, the gobbler was gone.
But not without leaving its mark.
“The bird had relieved himself all over,” Lisa Lane said. “The room was a disaster.”