Man attacks peacock at Burger King
07-01-2007, 01:42 PM
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Man attacks peacock at Burger King
Sounds like someone I once knew, except this someone thought lawyers were vampires. 
From Associated Press:
NEW YORK - A peacock that roamed into a fast-food restaurant parking lot was attacked by man who vilified the bird as a vampire, animal-control authorities said.
Beaten so fiercely that most of his tail feathers fell out, the bird was euthanized, said Richard Gentles, a spokesman for the city’s Center for Animal Care and Control.
“It’s just unbelievable that someone would do something to a poor, defenseless animal and do it in such a cruel fashion,” he said.
The peacock, a male several years old, wandered into a Staten Island Burger King parking lot and perched on a car hood Thursday morning. Charmed employees had been feeding him bread when the man appeared.
He seized the iridescent bird by the neck, hurled it to the ground and started kicking and stomping the creature, said worker Felicia Finnegan, 19.
“He was going crazy,” she said.
Asked what he was doing, she said, the attacker explained, “’I’m killing a vampire!”’
Employees called police, but the man ran when he saw them. Authorities were looking for the attacker, described as being in his teens or early 20s.
It was not clear how the bird made his way to the Burger King, but a Staten Island resident who raises peacocks said he had given some to a person who lives near the restaurant.
From Associated Press:
NEW YORK - A peacock that roamed into a fast-food restaurant parking lot was attacked by man who vilified the bird as a vampire, animal-control authorities said.
Beaten so fiercely that most of his tail feathers fell out, the bird was euthanized, said Richard Gentles, a spokesman for the city’s Center for Animal Care and Control.
“It’s just unbelievable that someone would do something to a poor, defenseless animal and do it in such a cruel fashion,” he said.
The peacock, a male several years old, wandered into a Staten Island Burger King parking lot and perched on a car hood Thursday morning. Charmed employees had been feeding him bread when the man appeared.
He seized the iridescent bird by the neck, hurled it to the ground and started kicking and stomping the creature, said worker Felicia Finnegan, 19.
“He was going crazy,” she said.
Asked what he was doing, she said, the attacker explained, “’I’m killing a vampire!”’
Employees called police, but the man ran when he saw them. Authorities were looking for the attacker, described as being in his teens or early 20s.
It was not clear how the bird made his way to the Burger King, but a Staten Island resident who raises peacocks said he had given some to a person who lives near the restaurant.
07-01-2007, 03:49 PM
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that's friggin horrendous. i saw this tagline on cnn earlier ("man pummels 'vampire' peacock") but i didnt realize that it was so literal.
btw vagabond to answer ur q from the other section, i am at Springhill Suites.
btw vagabond to answer ur q from the other section, i am at Springhill Suites.
07-01-2007, 09:19 PM
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Life is difficult enough, but almost incomprehensible if there are mental health issues piled on top of everything. I hope they find this young man and get him into treatment.
kalyx, I have never stayed at a Springhill Suites before so I have no firsthand knowledge as to its quality. Surely your airline can negotiate with other hotels?
kalyx, I have never stayed at a Springhill Suites before so I have no firsthand knowledge as to its quality. Surely your airline can negotiate with other hotels?
07-02-2007, 07:40 AM
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Studies have shown that people who don't mind torturing or killing animals are much more likely to have it in them to kill innocent people. They just have less respect for living things altogether. I hate people that hurt animals like this.
07-02-2007, 09:45 AM
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Yes, I believe you are referring to a "Sociopath"... Wait, Am I right? Total disregard for any life other than your own is sociopath right? I'm pretty sure we had this discussion not too long ago when SkyHigh claimed all pilots suffer from mental illness.
07-02-2007, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by vagabond
Life is difficult enough, but almost incomprehensible if there are mental health issues piled on top of everything. I hope they find this young man and get him into treatment.
kalyx, I have never stayed at a Springhill Suites before so I have no firsthand knowledge as to its quality. Surely your airline can negotiate with other hotels?
kalyx, I have never stayed at a Springhill Suites before so I have no firsthand knowledge as to its quality. Surely your airline can negotiate with other hotels?
07-02-2007, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by vagabond
kalyx, I have never stayed at a Springhill Suites before so I have no firsthand knowledge as to its quality. Surely your airline can negotiate with other hotels?
I mean I would recommend this place definitely.. I think those rowdy guys were more to blame for that night than the hotel itself.. although, the hotel could've done more about it when I complained.
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