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Man Viciously Kicks, Stomps Peacock

AP
Posted: 2007-07-01 10:41:38
Filed Under: Nation News, Weird News
NEW YORK (July 1) - 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.

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ZaneThmp2 03:27:26 PM Jul 25 2007

Someone should find this idiot, grab him by the neck and kick the shit out of him. I can't stand to hear of animal abuse!

gmzewski 04:35:49 AM Jul 10 2007

have you ever heard these monsters squaking at dawn, waking up the whole valley? I have,, good riddance to 'em!

chevyduty396 08:23:31 PM Jul 09 2007

IF I WAS AT BURGER KING AND SAW A PEACOCK ON THE HOOD OF MY HUMMER , I WOULDNT OF BEAT HIM TO DEATH. APPARENTLY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FEEDING THE BIRD. MAYBE HE WANTED A WHOPPER.

chevyduty396 08:17:30 PM Jul 09 2007

I THOUGHT THE GUY DRESSED UP LIKE A TREE AND ROBBED A BANK TODAY WAS A NUT...

chevyduty396 08:16:03 PM Jul 09 2007

I SWEAR, THIS IS OUT RIGHT CRAZY.... A BAT DOESNT EVEN LOOK ANYTHING LIKE A PEACOCK...OMG

happiesrainbows 06:37:21 PM Jul 09 2007

It sounds like this guy has some kind of a mental illness. Maybe he is possessed by demons and didn't see a bird but the demons caused him to see a vampire, so he thought it was a REAL vampire...not a bird.

rhettdante 08:23:09 PM Jul 08 2007

That, my friends, is what would justify an alien race, should one ever visit, to vaporize the Earth, or, preferably, humans. We're just a liiiiiitle to... um... actually don't have a word for it! Well, too That (gestures upwards). Why? I would have killed him, easy. Well, it wouldn't have BEEN easy, but, damn it, he would deserve it. Probably some guy high on a crack-marijuana-tylenol-viagra cocktail. Ah, shoot me, for i have sinned. I was born a human.

pamelasueyahoo 12:50:58 AM Jul 08 2007

That was criminal. Hope he is punished for harming that beautiful bird ! ! !

curleyqlinke 02:50:28 PM Jul 07 2007

I bet there will be those people that say "It's only a bird".I wouldn't just stand there and watch this punk do that.I'd be up on charges for wringing HIS neck.

Kvongx 12:37:14 AM Jul 07 2007

if your not vegetarian then STFU

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