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Bayard

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28. Dang--that must have woke her up

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:17 PM

Nov 22

I had a turkey fly into my windshield in Calif. I was coming down the mountain, and it just burst up out of the brush. The guy behind me pulled over behind me. He had 4 or 5 kids in his truck. He asked--Are you going to keep that? I said, hell no! He threw it in the back of his truck and drove off.

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Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: 'I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield' [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 22 OP

Insurance guy I knew had a claim for a fish through the windshield. twodogsbarking Nov 22 #1

I had an adult pheasant brakester Nov 22 #33

Poor cat. mdbl Nov 22 #2

Yes! niyad Nov 22 #14

Geeze. First deer collisions, now...cats? Stay safe out there. FailureToCommunicate Nov 22 #3

The car was catapulted. Baitball Blogger Nov 22 #4

You are really bad, Baitball, but you know that, right? LOL! Trueblue Texan Nov 22 #6

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'Twas a catastrophe... GJGCA Nov 22 #18

Bird must have had the tailwinds in his favor. Baitball Blogger Nov 22 #21

ohh . ahhh. AllaN01Bear Nov 22 #19

Thanks for the laugh! HariSeldon Nov 22 #25

Meee....ow. NT mwooldri Nov 22 #20

In a catatonic state when it hit BWdem4life Nov 22 #32

Saw this on local news yesterday. The poor kitty was dead when it landed ms liberty Nov 22 #5

Was he certain? tavernier Nov 22 #34

I hope you're joking. ms liberty Nov 22 #36

Ummm... tavernier Nov 22 #37

Yea, I missed it. ms liberty Nov 22 #38

Surprising that person didn't have a heart attack rurallib Nov 22 #7

At the very least, I'm sure I would have wrecked my car. ratchiweenie Nov 23 #40

It seems personal. What did they do to offend that eagle? IronLionZion Nov 22 #8

Appeared the cat distribution system malfunctioned. :( NT mwooldri Nov 22 #22

A few years ago I saw a red tailed hawk fly across the freeway about 10 to 20 feet up with a cat in its talons Botany Nov 22 #10

Definitely news of the weird. area51 Nov 22 #11

So it's the eagles eating the cats and dogs. Deport all eagles! travelingthrulife Nov 22 #12

Same event nearly happened to me a few years ago. Was traveling at sunrise on I-75, when I allegorical oracle Nov 22 #13

It might have been too heavy as... S/V Loner Nov 22 #15

Another reason cats should be indoors only NickB79 Nov 22 #16

We built a large catio for my son's cats Lifeafter70 Nov 22 #31

When we adopted our cats, the shelter authorizing our adoption made us sign a document that our cats would be "indoors." NNadir Nov 22 #17

When we moved to rural Virginia we has an outdoor cat, and he left a path of destruction in his wake, killing birds, Martin68 Nov 22 #24

Our semi-feral fearless resident badass Manx once did a number on a great horned owl Zambero Nov 22 #26

That's amazing! Great horned owls are awesome predators. I'm amazed a cat could win a fight like that. Martin68 Nov 22 #27

I used to feed squirrels on the roof of my garage which is accessible outside my bedroom window. Not long after generalbetrayus Nov 22 #23

Dang--that must have woke her up Bayard Nov 22 #28

Did he have wrinkly skin and a raspy voice? not fooled Nov 22 #29

The turkey or the man? Bayard Nov 22 #30

Bald Eagle preservationists vs cat lovers. Sneederbunk Nov 22 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Nov 22 #39