Producer has camera rolling, captures 'turkey attack' moment

YT: SACRAMENTO, CA -- After hearing neighbors' stories of wild turkeys chasing down joggers and other residents in an Arden- area neighborhood, News10 producer Duffy Kelly went out for a firsthand look.

Here's a link to the story on NEWS10's website:
http://www.news10.net/news/article/157957/2/MUST-WATCH-How-to-outrun-a-turkey-
WaterDwellersays...

Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex – he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Turkeyraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Turkeyraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this – a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, oh no … he slashes at you here [makes slashing motions below child's chest] or here … [above the groin] or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is … you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know … try to show a little respect.

direpicklesays...

I just want to apologize to Josh's mom, and Mike's mom, and my mom. I am so sorry! Because it was my fault. I was the one who brought them here. I was the one that said "keep going south." I was the one who said that we were not lost. It was my fault, because it was my project. I am so scared! I don't know what's out there. We are going to die out here! I am so scared!

NicoleBeesays...

Oh god, its real! It's all real!

>> ^direpickle:

I just want to apologize to Josh's mom, and Mike's mom, and my mom. I am so sorry! Because it was my fault. I was the one who brought them here. I was the one that said "keep going south." I was the one who said that we were not lost. It was my fault, because it was my project. I am so scared! I don't know what's out there. We are going to die out here! I am so scared!

KrazyKat42says...

In Texas we call that a free dinner. Wild turkey is very good. Better than farm raised. Of course Texas turkeys are too smart to come up to you and beg you to kill them. "Only in California." Is that a tag?

Porksandwichsays...

All those trash cans and you can't pop a lid off one or reach inside and take out a bag to beat that turkey with......or at least put a trashcan between you and it.

Makes for better viewing if you film it while you scream and run.

laurasays...

"HELP!" ... ???? ... is it just me, or did she not even get pecked? I bet those turkeys are having a blast chasing stupid people around just to watch them scream for help...I know I would.

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