I remember seeing this movie.A classic.
Posted on 10/11/2024 8:54:34 AM PDT by DFG
They are locally feared for their terrifying attacks on unsuspecting passers-by.
But the situation in Elgin, Moray, has become so bad that residents are being asked to report if dive-bombing seagulls are affecting their mental health.
Elgin Community Council intends to use the results to make a case to Holyrood for improved control measures, after disputing a NatureScot report that seagull populations are declining.
Pest controllers say the town is faced with ‘epidemic’ numbers during the breeding season.
Rob Teasdale, of Specialist Vermin Control, said: ‘They are like the Luftwaffe the way they come off the roof and everyone dives for cover as they swoop at things.’
By yesterday afternoon, eight per cent of respondents to the survey on the council’s Facebook page had said the birds were affecting their mental health. NatureScot was contacted for comment.
It comes as seagulls wreaked havoc across Britain from shoplifting packet of crisps, flying down chimneys, and even re-creating ominous scenes reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock horror movie.
From Dorset to Glasgow, no one is safe from the dive-bombing menaces of the sky, who regularly swipe chips from unsuspecting seaside tourists, with one Isle of Man business even offering seagull insurance to victims.
Hawkins BBQ, announced their new £1 policy offering a free new meal to any punter who had been left traumatised by a gull nabbing their food - if they had taken out the coverage.
It seems nothing can deter the hungry pests, with one even causing havoc in a woman's kitchen in Aberdeen.
The clip shows the winged fiend flying around the kitchen before attempting to shuffle its way out of the window.
Gillian McCabe, 40, from Aberdeen, was alerted to the intruder after the family dog started growling and barking in the other room.
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It blows me away that these trillions of birds are protected in the USA.
“Blitzkrieg” used in an article title a little bit ago, and now “Luftwaffe”. I sense a trend.
I remember seeing this movie.A classic.
A nice Taurus pistol that takes a shotgun shell would keep them away.
Cloud “Stuka” come into the mix as well?
We have a problem with them in Maine, too.
The seagulls, apparently bored with hanging out on the coastline, spend their time in the parking lots of shopping centers and fast food restaurants, looking for and dive bombing on food scraps, sometimes crapping on people’s cars in the process.
At Dollar Tree, there is always a seagull perched on top of a very tall street lamp in a section of the parking lot.
That seagull took a dump on my sister’s car and now, when she goes to Dollar Tree, she parks as far away as she can from that tall street lamp with the pooping seagull.
Nice and quiet...
you could put your eye out!!
The way to fight the seagull luftwaffe is with the Territorial Army armed with anti-gull shotguns.
Shotgun will get them
There any Spitfire birds available ?
One of my wife’s favorite movies- but get this- she’s deathly afraid of all birds, a true bird phobia. Go figure.
Like the luftwaffe? Really?
I live on Lake St Clair and the seagulls fly off when people get near. Too many good ole boys with guns around probably. Also they are targets for Jet skis on the water.
Cowering? Good lord, get a grip. Shoot the damn thing or hit it with a baseball bat.
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