California woman left with "horrific" injuries after being attacked by gang of wild turkeys

[Zincwarrior]

I think the "attack" part was overblown. Turkeys will often fly straight up in the air for a few yards, then straight down for "reasons" only known to themselves.

I suspect that is what startled the old woman and led to the chain of events leading to her injuries.

I could see that. they aren't exactly small.

 

[Concerned American]

I think the "attack" part was overblown. Turkeys will often fly straight up in the air for a few yards, then straight down for "reasons" only known to themselves.

I suspect that is what startled the old woman and led to the chain of events leading to her injuries.

LOL, a bit off topic, but I saw a story (video) about a tourist in Yellowstone today. Stopped to look at a bison that was taking a dump. The tourist got spooked and ran away only to take a face plant in the middle of the road. The bison, tail lifted just did its business and never made a move toward her. Tourists are crazy in Yellowstone. You spend a lot of time stopped while tourists stop to look at what amounts to a cow on the side of the road.

Woman tests fate by getting too close to a massive bison, faceplants while running away

A woman learned a hard lesson about messing with nature after getting too close to a bison in Yellowstone and faceplanting while trying to escape.

www.foxnews.com

 

[eagle1462010]

I think the "attack" part was overblown. Turkeys will often fly straight up in the air for a few yards, then straight down for "reasons" only known to themselves.

I suspect that is what startled the old woman and led to the chain of events leading to her injuries.

My brother didnt really get run over. They flew towards but not into. But the shock of it was a mud ride on his back side.

 

[Chuz Life]

I'm down for round two!

Let's get some revenge for this poor woman!

 

[eagle1462010]

I'm down for round two!

Let's get some revenge for this poor woman!

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Im thirsty now

 

[otto105]

California woman left with horrific injuries after being attacked by gang of wild turkeys

Mary Jo Kelly, a longtime resident of the Bay Area city, said she was out walking last Thursday when two of the birds attacked her from behind

www.yahoo.com

A gang of wild turkeys ambushed a woman on her evening walk in Alameda – leaving her so badly bloodied she required stitches.

Mary Jo Kelly, 83, a longtime resident of the Bay Area city, said she was out walking last Thursday when two of the birds attacked her from behind.

“I went headfirst, and I broke my glasses. I hit the palm of my hand, my thumb. I bled in the nose,” Kelly told ABC 7.

The frightening encounter left Kelly with severe bruising across her face that remained visible a week later.

After escaping the attacking birds, Kelly called her husband, who rushed her to emergency. Doctors performed a CT scan and treated her injuries, including six stitches on her right hand.

The ordeal has left Kelly shaken and demanding action from city officials before someone else gets hurt.

She contacted the Alameda Police Department to file a report after the attack, but said officers told her they could not take one because the incident involved wildlife.

LOL.....Hell's Gobblers?

Sounds like her injuries were caused by the fall. Not by the Turkeys.

He should have had a Bumpus Hound with her.....They like turkey.

Damn, now we have to kill all the turkeys or deport them to El Salvador.

 

[eagle1462010]

Damn, now we have to kill all the turkeys or deport them to El Salvador.

Ill cook them and eat them.

Tasty

 

[Chuz Life]

I'm thirsty now

Me too!

Tall glass, shady spot with a comfy chair, a cigar, and my favorite fishing rod. I don't even need bait or relight on the cigar.

I earned this retirement!

 

[eagle1462010]

Me too!

Tall glass, shady spot with a comfy chair, a cigar, and my favorite fishing rod. I don't even need bait or relight on the cigar.

I earned this retirement!

I got a year and im doing the same.

ENJOY My Friend

 

[excalibur]

 

[Chuz Life]

I got a year and im doing the same.

ENJOY My Friend

I have chores first, but I will get there soon, I hope.

I caught a very nice bass last year 7-8 lbs.

Huge for my small pond.

Good filets and tasty too.

 

[Chuz Life]

 

[1srelluc]

I have chores first, but I will get there soon, I hope.

I caught a very nice bass last year 7-8 lbs.

Huge for my small pond.

Good filets and tasty too.

LOL....I was turkey hunting one morning and I walked over an old farm pond's dam going back to the Jeep.

I looked into the pond and I could see all these huge bass!

I drove home and called my dad and we drove back and just slayed the bass (all largemouth). We had two 5-gallon buckets of them!

I got them home and filleted them out and started frying-up some for supper.

You could not eat them due to the tannic acid taste they had!

The old pond was surrounded on three sides by oaks so I guess the leaves falling in the pond did it.

The odd thing was it was spring fed and had a constant overflow but not enough to overcome the leaves.

 

[Chuz Life]

LOL....I was turkey hunting one morning and I walked over an old farm pond's dam going back to the Jeep.

I looked into the pond and I could see all these huge bass!

I drove home and called my dad and we drove back and just slayed the bass (all largemouth). We had two 5-gallon buckets of them!

I got them home and filleted them out and started frying-up some for supper.

You could not eat them due to the tannic acid taste they had!

The old pond was surrounded on three sides by oaks so I guess the leaves falling in the pond did it.

The odd thing was it was spring fed and had a constant overflow but not enough to overcome the leaves.

How could you tell?

Is there a test?

I have only one tree at the edge of our pond (apple of some sort) and a few pines close but not at the edge.

Edit. Nevermind, I see you said the taste! Good to know.

 

[late]

I just noticed you had a quote from Pat Buchanan.

He was on a weekly political talk show called McLaughlin Group. Most of the group was mediocre, one guy was outstanding, Pat was sub par...

He tried to hide his racism, but wasn't great at it. He tried to hide his love for authoritarian power, but he wasn't good at that, either. His predictions sucked, there was a lot he just didn't get.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Sometimes the stories just write themselves.

All that we can do is pray that they have happy endings.

God bless you and the woman always!!!

Holly

 

[CrusaderFrank]

California woman left with horrific injuries after being attacked by gang of wild turkeys

Mary Jo Kelly, a longtime resident of the Bay Area city, said she was out walking last Thursday when two of the birds attacked her from behind

www.yahoo.com

A gang of wild turkeys ambushed a woman on her evening walk in Alameda – leaving her so badly bloodied she required stitches.

Mary Jo Kelly, 83, a longtime resident of the Bay Area city, said she was out walking last Thursday when two of the birds attacked her from behind.

“I went headfirst, and I broke my glasses. I hit the palm of my hand, my thumb. I bled in the nose,” Kelly told ABC 7.

The frightening encounter left Kelly with severe bruising across her face that remained visible a week later.

After escaping the attacking birds, Kelly called her husband, who rushed her to emergency. Doctors performed a CT scan and treated her injuries, including six stitches on her right hand.

The ordeal has left Kelly shaken and demanding action from city officials before someone else gets hurt.

She contacted the Alameda Police Department to file a report after the attack, but said officers told her they could not take one because the incident involved wildlife.

LOL.....Hell's Gobblers?

Sounds like her injuries were caused by the fall. Not by the Turkeys.

He should have had a Bumpus Hound with her.....They like turkey.

I heard she started it by calling one of the turkeys "Butterball" and said "Nice giblets" to the other

 

[petro]

Turkeys have moved into every neighborhood of the Twin Cities. Plenty of woods and parks lead right into a complete urban area that they are now everywhere in parks and backyards.
Even a damn Cougar got killed on the freeway within 1 mile of downtown Mpls last year.
A few bears in S Mpls this week too.

Hmm.
Maybe train them to attack those protesters?

 

[otto105]

Turkeys have moved into every neighborhood of the Twin Cities. Plenty of woods and parks lead right into a complete urban area that they are now everywhere in parks and backyards.
Even a damn Cougar got killed on the freeway within 1 mile of downtown Mpls last year.
A few bears in S Mpls this week too.

Hmm.
Maybe train them to attack those protesters?

Bears like ice.

Nobody else does.

 

[1srelluc]

How could you tell?

Is there a test?

I have only one tree at the edge of our pond (apple of some sort) and a few pines close but not at the edge.

Edit. Nevermind, I see you said the taste! Good to know.

I doubt if the old pond had been drained/cleaned during it's existence and the water was sorta brown (not muddy) looking from all the tannic acid in it.