Guest SP-1 Report post Posted March 6, 2003 And now for something completely different! ROCKLAKE, North Dakota (AP) -- This a town besieged by turkeys. The birds were raised on a Rocklake farm but left to fend for themselves when the family left, said Towner County Deputy Jerry Martin. In the summer, the birds hang out in the wild, but winter finds them in the town of about 150 people, where they eat at bird feeders and look for scraps from residents. Martin said he had to rescue a woman who was trapped in her car after a group of turkeys stopped her from getting out. "I had to chase them away with a broom," Martin said. Officials said wild turkeys also have created problems in the towns of Minot and Wahpeton, and eventually will be trapped and moved to the wild. "The trouble comes when someone who likes seeing them starts putting out food for them," said Greg Link, an assistant Game and Fish Department wildlife chief. "Any wildlife that hangs around people isn't a good situation." Towner County Sheriff Vaughn Klier was asked what happened to one of the more belligerent turkeys after he threatened in a newspaper column to have "a meeting at high noon" with the bird. The sheriff said he would "have to plead the Fifth." Klier moved back to the area three years ago after a 22-year law enforcement career in Oregon. "I went up against really bad guys in Oregon, but they didn't tell me I had to go against turkeys," Klier said. "Things can get dangerous in Towner County." Source: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/03/05/t...n.ap/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 6, 2003 Yeah, laugh it up, but turkeys are meaner than hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SP-1 Report post Posted March 6, 2003 I refuse to fear anything that is the centerpiece of an annual meal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Will Scarlet Report post Posted March 6, 2003 Wow. You mean actually LIVE in North Dakota? Seriously, I often forget that state even exists. Anyway, being threatned by wild turkeys? What is this world coming to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 6, 2003 I refuse to fear anything that is the centerpiece of an annual meal. You've never spent time around cantankerous poultry, have you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2003 Okay, this is crap. I'm not putting up with disgruntled turkeys. Let's get a UN resolution passed on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted March 6, 2003 IIRC, all the townsfolk have to do is dress up like the soldiers from Braveheart. That's what they did on South Park and it worked! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Plushy Al Logan Report post Posted March 6, 2003 ::Books a flight to Roacklake, ND:: I have to see this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BDC Report post Posted March 6, 2003 Doesn't this just sound like fun? Wild turkeys, a good shotgun... Oh, wait, PETA would show up to protest us shooting turkeys. PETA... people with guns... *books a flight as well* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wwF1587 Report post Posted March 6, 2003 this sounds kinda like an episode right out of south park Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Samurai_Goat Report post Posted March 6, 2003 It WAS an episode right out of south park. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SP-1 Report post Posted March 6, 2003 It WAS an episode right out of south park. And that makes it all the more hilarious. As for my being around bullheaded birds, I probably have. Hell I don't remember a whole lot these days. I'm like Mick Foley before he got to the point where he couldn't remember where he lived, only without the chairshots as an explanation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
