RIP Whittaker the Turkey

August 2, 2017 3:49 PM

As 2016 gave way to 2017, a turkey moved into the left turn lane of a major intersection in my hometown. Some say he arrived in January of this year; others are sure he was around in late 2016. But regardless, once he was there, he was there to stay. (SL The Atlantic)
posted by mandolin conspiracy (10 comments total)

The turkey who chose to play chicken.
posted by King Sky Prawn at 4:09 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]

Birds are awesome. Humans are terrible.
posted by photoslob at 4:24 PM on August 2, 2017

Also, the scene from "Dances With Wolves"
posted by King Sky Prawn at 4:26 PM on August 2, 2017

Our family used to own a hotel in the Niagara region of Ontario Canada. This one autumn, we had a turkey that sort of hung around the hotel and made his rounds in the middle of the night. I worked night audit and as I made my rounds to make sure that everything in the hotel was quiet and safe and sound, so did "Ed". He was pretty chill.
posted by Fizz at 4:30 PM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]

“I just feel like he made me slow down and appreciate something unique for while we had him. That was unbelievable and lovely.”
posted by double bubble at 4:31 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]

Also, I love the bird call sounds of turkeys. I just love that little gobble gobble. It's delightful to me.
posted by Fizz at 4:33 PM on August 2, 2017

On reading the post here (before the actual article), I thought this was going to be some sort of Trump euphemism/parody. (Thanks for the post....)
posted by Tandem Affinity at 5:27 PM on August 2, 2017

“That seems to be the new hobby of people is to become polarized. And that’s exactly what’s happened here,” said Larry Hoxey, a 54-year-old pastor at a church in nearby Wyandotte, Michigan.

Smartest thing I've read on & about the internet in a long time…
posted by Pinback at 5:30 PM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]

Wow, this is actually pretty sweet.

This is also a nicer story than Downtown Tom, may he rest wherever the hell he ended up.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:14 PM on August 2, 2017

Will I see you tonight
with a downtown tom?
posted by ActingTheGoat at 10:25 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]