‘Religious eagles are after me – they smashed my Tesla with their scaly mates’
A couple in New Jersey spend their days worrying about overhead attacks from eagles and other birds.
The real-life Alfred Hitchcock Birds situation began earlier this month after Cynthia and Jeff Levine witnessed a fish fall from the sky onto their Tesla. The scaly bomb left the car’s windshield cracked, with blood and scales scattered everywhere.
“The car started honking, it went crazy honking which we had never heard. I didn’t know how to turn it off,” Cynthia told ABC 7. “I went out and [Jeff] was in the yard somewhere. He heard the crash and everything, but ignored it.”
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Security footage from the Levine’s driveway in Atlantic Highlands confirmed to them later that a fish had indeed plummeted from the sky – “a message from God” said Jeff of the incident that happened on a Sunday.
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“We were like holy cr*p look at this, and I said to Jeff, it looks like fish scales and blood on the windshield,” Cynthia said.
Wracking their brains as to what caused this apparently “biblical” affray, the couple – who live about a mile away from the nearest body of water – initially thought someone with a vendetta against them may have hurled the creature at their vehicle.
Then they realised the attacker came from the skies. “Somebody after us?” Jeff wondered, before Cynthia said: “We have an eagle’s nest in our backyard… We think it was probably the eagle.”
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Now the pair is concerned the winged assailant, who’s caused hundreds of pounds in damage, may strike again.
“If any birds are listening,” Jeff asked desperately. “Please don’t drop it here because I’m covered now – I’ve lowered my deductibles.”
The Levine’s troubles with flapping foes is similar to what happened in a small remote UK town last year.
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Residents in Barbourne, Worcester, claimed they were held prisoner in their homes by dive-combing seagulls – despite living more than an hour from the nearest coast.
The homeowners said they couldn’t even hang their washing on the line without being attacked by the feral gulls.
Gordon Reid, 71, said at the time he feared for his and his neighours’ safety and that it felt like a “run of the gauntlet” every time they left the house.
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He said: “The thought of these birds attacking them and scaring them is very real. They have come down and tried to attack me and my neighbour several times and have covered our gardens with poo.
“They are vicious and I have no idea what to do about this.”
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