Weee, the wild turkeys were back

[Karen]

When I worked in Pleasanton we had wild turkey's hanging around all the time. When I worked the front desk I'd always call the animals lovers to come watch them with me.

About a month ago Bruce's brother went out for his morning bicycle ride and didn't make it home that day. He was going down hill at about 30mph when a flock of wild turkeys crossed in front of him and he swerved to miss them (he could only swerve one way since there was a cliff on one side). He ended up hitting (and killing) one of them. But he also suffered a major concusion (temporary memory loss), facial/skull fractures and a broken vertabrae in his neck. He had to spend one night in the hospital. I haven't seen him since the accident, but I guess he might have to get some plastic surgery done.

That's so sad! I hope he now wears a helmet whenever he's on his bike, as all it takes is one little incident like that to do major damage. I hope he's okay, tell him we'll say a prayer for him!

[Taz_Zoee]

That's so sad! I hope he now wears a helmet whenever he's on his bike, as all it takes is one little incident like that to do major damage. I hope he's okay, tell him we'll say a prayer for him!

Forgot to mention he was wearing his helmet. And it just about cracked in half. It saved his life, really. He sorta landed on his face, because the fracture he received was around his eye socket.
He will be okay. They went out to the accident site a couple days later. So he'll be fine once the wounds heal up. Thank you for the prayers.

LOL, Phred, we actually joked about why he didn't bring the turkey home so they could eat it. But I think wild turkey wouldn't taste too good. Since he will be okay, I'm sure it will be a big joke around Thanksgiving. You got this turkey at the grocery store, right?? LOL

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

WOW !!! I've never seen wild turkeys before!! They look so different from "normal" turkeys, and they have such an amazing colours!!
thanks for sharing Karen!!