[ProtectOurFreedom]

Three turkeys were blocking the road here in North Idaho a couple days ago. The young woman driver in front of me was going to wait forever for them to get out of the road. I jumped out and scared them off the road.

Now I’m wondering if that was safe to do. Do turkeys attack and maul people? Should I be carrying?

[RegulatorCountry]

A Tom will come after you with tailfan spread, it’ll practically flog you with its wings and can slash you with its claws, don’t mess with the Toms.

[blueunicorn6]

“They’re falling from the sky like sacks of cement!”

[Boogieman]

Dunno about turkeys, but geese and swans will charge humans, so you might need to be careful around any fowl that large.

[Texas resident]

Turkeys run like hell. No worries there.

[gnarledmaw]

They can. The weirdest thing is that afterwards they have an odd tendency to try to hide in your oven.