Turkey Terror

 

             I usually have a lot to talk about when it comes to the choice topic option, however, I feel as if recently so much has been going on, yet nothing at all. Therefore, I decided to pull up my handy dandy news app (that I probably look at once a year) and see what was going on in our local area. When opening the app, I was surprised to see one of the most popular stories in our area right now was named “Vicious Gangs of Turkeys Terrorizing the Resort City of Charlevoix”.

              My initial reaction was fear, given we live near the Troy Nature Center and receive daily visits from the 30 turkeys living in the forest. However, we do supply them with all their food, so hopefully we have created an alliance. The article had stated that this “once quiet, peaceful and beautiful resort in the heart of Michigan’s up north beauty, is now filled with the hardest turkeys on the streets terrorizing citizens, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources”.  It has been advised that if one of these intimidating birds comes at you to make a “loud squawking noise”, so hopefully they will be confused enough to let you be. These turkeys have even been spotted “assaulting a police officer” as shown in a viral TikTok.

              I was going to make a joke about being intimidated by flightless birds and decided to fact check myself before typing it out, only to find out that they are anything but flightless. Apparently, turkeys “can fly short distances at 40-50 miles an hour” (National Geographic). If that’s not shocking enough, they can also “run 12 miles an hour and are actually adept (skilled) swimmers” (National Geographic). So maybe Turkeys are a bigger threat then we originally thought. Anyways, stay safe!

Proof of the Turkey Alliance: