“Son of a biscuit,” one victim
responded.
OCTOBER 25, 2017
The town of Snellville, Georgia, has lately been suffering a
small and specific crime wave: someone has been shattering the side mirrors of
people’s cars.
After about two dozen people
reported damage, police sent extra patrols out to the neighborhood. But the
real culprit was soon revealed: it was a hyped-up pileated woodpecker,
attacking mirrors because he thought his reflections were rival birds.
In one of the greatest news
reports this author has been fortunate enough to come across, Channel 2 Action
News’s Steve Gehlbach got out
on the scene and talked to a couple of victims.
One of them, John Hancock, had
blamed the dings all over his wife’s car on neighborhood kids with BB guns. He
seemed charmed by the real culprit, calling him “a beautiful bird.”
