Videos: Turkey Attacks on the Rise; Residents Try to Defend Themselves

By Bobby Sisk. Neighbors are on the offensive in Brookline after what some residents are describing as aggressive turkeys. “They were attacking the vehicle,” Karen Halvorson said outside her home in the Aspinwall Hill neighborhood.

After getting in her truck, a neighbor came and ran the birds off but it didn’t stop there. “Then, the turkeys came and started attacking my front door,” she said.

A second run-in came a few weeks ago as she walked nearby. “I looked back and three of them charged me,” she explained.

She moved to the center of the street to avoid the animals, but it wasn’t enough. “The turkey flew in my face and scratched my neck,” she said. Read more from this story HERE.

Here’s the video of the CBS affiliate news report:

And here’s a video of a reporter freaking out as she’s attacked by a turkey: