Tonight, On Destination America...

[Lord Jim]

WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK!!!!

(I am not making this up...)







Here's how the network describes the show:

Featuring home video footage plucked from real families terrorized by turkeys, WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK reveals what happens when turkeys decide their feathers have been ruffled for the last time. From the farmyard to local neighborhoods, turkeys have taken the food chain into their own talons – attacking Americans of all ages who dare to get too close or look at them with hungry eyes.

The turkey attack survivors featured in WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK will never look at Thanksgiving the same. There is no telling what got the turkey’s gizzards in a twist, from petting zoo turkeys hot to trot over anyone who gets too close to turkeys that have barricaded people in their homes. Elsewhere across the country, turkeys cause gobbling gridlock, get peckish with pedestrians, and angrily pursue cyclists at an astonishing speed of 20 miles per hour.

http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com ... on-america

[wesw]

very funny show, I saw it too. we have wild turkeys around here now too. they had been gone for a long time , but now are plentiful.

they are usually very wary and remain unseen, but during the strutting/ rutting season they parade around without fear it seems.

I wish one would attack me. free food!

[Lord Jim]

This reminded me of an hilarious classic bit from the show WKRP In Cincinnati ...

They were doing a publicity stunt for the station on Thanksgiving that involved dropping turkeys out of a helicopter...it didn't go well...

God bless YouTube; you can find almost anything there:

[Big RR]

If I recall correctly, that episode was based on a true incident where a local radio station tossed turkeys out of a helicopter.