911 operators probably get a number of odd calls, among the genuine emergency-related ones. There are pranks, of course, and then there are really, really strange requests for help. I can’t imagine what the operator who picked up the call from Mrs. Peterson though, when she rang the emergency number up on a Sunday evening and informed them of a wild turkey in her and her husband Barry’s house – a bird who simply refused to leave.
The turkey had smashed through the front window of the house and made himself very comfortable by perching on the sofa.

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When he saw the couple, he simply stared at them and didn’t move, even as Mrs. Peterson called for help.

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They then attempted to open the door and show him the exit, but the turkey wasn’t interested in vacating the sofa at all.

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They opened a window, and still to no avail.

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