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Citizen complaint of the day: Out-of-control turkeys mounting a counter-attack on one Dorchester street
By adamg on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 10:39am
A panicked citizen manages to file a 311 report from Ocean Street in Dorchester before the turkeys realize what she's doing:
VERY AGGRESSIVE turkeys (five large male) chasing people in our neighborhood.. umbrellas and loud noises don't work - they actually appear to want to fight people.. have had to rescue/protect a mother with a stroller and a couple of elderly neighbors.. completely out of control and there are approximately 15 of them.
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they must have mated
with African killer turkeys, just like the bees. OMG, will the squirrels be next?
If push comes to shove (to
If push comes to shove (to peck?), I'd be willing to fight a turkey--I'm just not too clear on how to best go about that. My best guess would be to try a low kick like a football kickoff, but anyone with experience fighting territorial semi-flightless fowl feel free to chime in here.
Watch their kick
Google "wild turkey spurs" and you'll get an idea of what sort of nasty weapon they can hit you with in a kicking fight. My friend was once hunting for them and got gouged pretty well by one that didn't get a lethal shot.
Thanks for the tip, those are
Thanks for the tip, those are nasty-looking. I'll make sure to get some heavy motorcycle chaps before I pick a fight with a turkey. Bonus, that way I'll have something to wear if they ever do re-open Man Ray.
I've had one try to cut/scratch me
and I was lucky to be wearing sweatpants, which safely caught the spur. (I imagine denim would do the same.)
Walking stick
A stout walking stick, used as a club, would be very discouraging to a turkey. It sounds like these birds are ganging up on people, though.
Ocean Street I feel your pain
2 male turkeys aggressively came at me a year ago in Fields Corner. They didn't like me trying to get into my own car, which they apparently thought was their car. I have found that they're not impressed with shovels, rakes, and baseball bats. The turkeys are also not impressed by trucks, busses, and cars honking at them. They just don't care.
But I finally discovered that turning on my garden hose, and putting it on full blast, is something the turkeys hate . I think they now know me as they guy that squirts them, and when they see me coming, some, though not all, of them now run away.
Honey badger-like
They're like the The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger. (NSFW narration)
wrong 311 Link, but this seems interesting too
Scam artist has rigged the intersection crosswalk button so it's always being pressed and the crosswalk puts a walk signal every single light cycle and nobody crossed the street or anything. Its causing traffic delays. And she will likely end up getting hit by a car soon.
Linkk fixed
Sorry, obviously I had two potential Citizen Complaints of the Day open in different tabs, went with the turkey one, decided to hold off on the other one, then pasted in the wrong link.
As noted above, the errant 311 link - https://311.boston.gov/reports/101004525428 - is kind of interesting, too. I plan to check it out later, given that it's pretty close by to the UHub Mobile Action News Center.
The idea that someone could
The idea that someone could safely walk across the street without having to use the beg button is revolting; only drivers should be able entitled to do this.
There was a Globe article several years ago...
Those buttons are largely fake... not just in Boston but everywhere...
There is a working one near
There is a working one near my house on Adams street. It turns yellow right as you push.
Annissa Essaibi George dressed up early...
For Halloween...
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
Turkeys of the World Unite!
The revolution has begun in Dorchester MA.
TLF