Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: 'I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield'

[1srelluc]

MSN

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles (104 kilometers) southwest of Asheville.
It's not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle's talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn't have a taste for it.

“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”

Any reservations about calling in such a story were put to rest when the dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly," then laughed.

The driver relayed that another person also saw the cat drop, remarking, "He's like, ‘That is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.' I'm like, ‘Really?’”

The dispatcher offered some assurance, saying, “Oh my goodness. Let's see. I've heard crazier."

“Well, that's terrifying," the caller said, to which the dispatcher replied with more nervous laughter, “Yeah.”

After getting the driver's location, the dispatcher said she would send the Highway Patrol to do a report. “Another question,” the dispatcher asked. “Is the cat still alive?”

The caller said it wasn't, but noted that the cat was on the side of the road and not in her car.

“Ok, I have to ask just to make sure,” the dispatcher said.

Kendrick Weeks, Western Wildlife Diversity Program supervisor for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said the cat dropped on the car could have been roadkill scavenged by the eagle.

LOL....I just knew leaving free cats along the road for the eagles to get would lead to trouble some day.

And just what is a Wildlife Diversity Program?

 

[Blaster]

That poor cat deserved better.

 

[Woodznutz]

MSN

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles (104 kilometers) southwest of Asheville.
It's not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle's talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn't have a taste for it.

“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”

Any reservations about calling in such a story were put to rest when the dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly," then laughed.

The driver relayed that another person also saw the cat drop, remarking, "He's like, ‘That is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.' I'm like, ‘Really?’”

The dispatcher offered some assurance, saying, “Oh my goodness. Let's see. I've heard crazier."

“Well, that's terrifying," the caller said, to which the dispatcher replied with more nervous laughter, “Yeah.”

After getting the driver's location, the dispatcher said she would send the Highway Patrol to do a report. “Another question,” the dispatcher asked. “Is the cat still alive?”

The caller said it wasn't, but noted that the cat was on the side of the road and not in her car.

“Ok, I have to ask just to make sure,” the dispatcher said.

Kendrick Weeks, Western Wildlife Diversity Program supervisor for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said the cat dropped on the car could have been roadkill scavenged by the eagle.

LOL....I just knew leaving free cats along the road for the eagles to get would lead to trouble some day.

And just what is a Wildlife Diversity Program?

A little of Rush's "Roadkill Helper" and you've got meal.

 

[Woodznutz]

In Chicago flat dried up cats are cheap Frisbees. The kids call them "sail cats".

 

[1srelluc]

In Chicago flat dried up cats are cheap Frisbees. The kids call them "sail cats".

Anything small, flat, and dried-up is a Sail Critter.

 

[Yarddog]

In Chicago flat dried up cats are cheap Frisbees. The kids call them "sail cats".

Wow, thats the stuff bedtime stories for the young'uns are made of !

 

[Zincwarrior]

Bad day for both driver and cat!

 

[mac allen]

Idiot driver calling 911.

 

[1srelluc]

Idiot driver calling 911.

Filed a report due to insurance requirements I guess.....That and to get them to remove the dead cat before another eagle came along.

 

[mac allen]

Filed a report due to insurance requirements I guess.....That and to get them to remove the dead cat before another eagle came along.

I guess, but insurance is for tards and IDGAF about the road.

 

[Captain Creeper]

The bird would have had to drop the cat from pretty high up for it to smash through a windshield. So how did the driver identify the bird as an eagle? Was she cruising down the twisty-turny roads of the Smoky Mountains while looking straight up in the sky? Or, after having the unfortunate feline violently crash through her window, she immediately turned her attention to the sky and managed to ID the high flying bird?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The bird would have had to drop the cat from pretty high up for it to smash through a windshield. So how did the driver identify the bird as an eagle? Was she cruising down the twisty-turny roads of the Smoky Mountains while looking straight up in the sky? Or, after having the unfortunate feline violently crash through her window, she immediately turned her attention to the sky and managed to ID the high flying bird?

The cat obviously came from the sky. What other birds live there capable of carrying a dead cat?

Was somebody test firing their new CATapult?

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

MSN

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles (104 kilometers) southwest of Asheville.
It's not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle's talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn't have a taste for it.

“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”

Any reservations about calling in such a story were put to rest when the dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly," then laughed.

The driver relayed that another person also saw the cat drop, remarking, "He's like, ‘That is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.' I'm like, ‘Really?’”

The dispatcher offered some assurance, saying, “Oh my goodness. Let's see. I've heard crazier."

“Well, that's terrifying," the caller said, to which the dispatcher replied with more nervous laughter, “Yeah.”

After getting the driver's location, the dispatcher said she would send the Highway Patrol to do a report. “Another question,” the dispatcher asked. “Is the cat still alive?”

The caller said it wasn't, but noted that the cat was on the side of the road and not in her car.

“Ok, I have to ask just to make sure,” the dispatcher said.

Kendrick Weeks, Western Wildlife Diversity Program supervisor for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said the cat dropped on the car could have been roadkill scavenged by the eagle.

LOL....I just knew leaving free cats along the road for the eagles to get would lead to trouble some day.

And just what is a Wildlife Diversity Program?

NOT FUNNY!

 

[Captain Creeper]

The cat obviously came from the sky. What other birds live there capable of carrying a dead cat?

Was somebody test firing their new CATapult?

Adult hawks will snatch up a cat or small dog in a second.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Adult hawks will snatch up a cat or small dog in a second.

So maybe it was a hawk and the driver didn't know the difference. How else would it get up there if not carried by some type of bird?

I was driving my SUV once and was hit by a full-grown wild turkey, (and I wasn't even drinking!) As I was watching it on the side of the road, it decided to take off and flew right into the top of my SUV and I heard its talons scratching the roof!

 

[Darkwind]

Even the mighty Eagle needs a little ***** now and again.


**I'll show Myself out, thanks.


It's a good example of what life really is about, however. A cat is about the size of a hare, so they're fair game. It's also a wake-up call to young mothers.

Eagles and other apex avian predators, like Owls, have been known to snatch a baby. Not recently, maybe within the last 100 years or so.

But be wary. They're up there.

 

[Foxfyre]

The cat obviously came from the sky. What other birds live there capable of carrying a dead cat?

Was somebody test firing their new CATapult?

Golden eagles, condors, one or two species of vultures, one or two species of owls are larger and stronger than a bald eagle. Chances are the motorist just assumed and didn't actually see the bird that would have to be pretty high up to do damage to a windshield by dropping its prey.

But despite sympathy for the poor cat and the motorist who sustained the damage, you really can't blame the dispatcher (or anybody else) from at least a little laugh at the report.

 

[Captain Creeper]

So maybe it was a hawk and the driver didn't know the difference. How else would it get up there if not carried by some type of bird?

I was driving my SUV once and was hit by a full-grown wild turkey, (and I wasn't even drinking!) As I was watching it on the side of the road, it decided to take off and flew right into the top of my SUV and I heard its talons scratching the roof!

I think it is rational to assume it was a large bird of pray. Hawks are abundant, but eagles still are not. I am assuming a positive ID since she was so specific.

 

[Captain Creeper]

I don’t think anyone has expressed any empathy for the poor bird that lost its dinner.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The bird would have had to drop the cat from pretty high up for it to smash through a windshield. So how did the driver identify the bird as an eagle? Was she cruising down the twisty-turny roads of the Smoky Mountains while looking straight up in the sky? Or, after having the unfortunate feline violently crash through her window, she immediately turned her attention to the sky and managed to ID the high flying bird?

I have the same questions. Maybe after they got out of the car they looked up and saw the eagle circling around.