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Motorcyclist who jumped nude from cliff reportedly swerved to avoid turkey
Press Democrat ^ | October 7, 2014 | RANDI ROSSMANN

Posted on 10/07/2014 9:33:45 PM PDT by rey

A turkey on Highway 1 caused a Canadian motorcycle rider to crash sometime early Monday, and the man told investigators he then walked to a coastal bluff and jumped off, naked.

The 27-year-old Alberta man had shed his clothing as he walked and was found, nude and seriously injured, on rocks about 40 feet below a coastal bluff in Salt Point State Park.

The CHP is investigating the man’s crash and a Sonoma County sheriff’s investigator is looking into what happened afterward, including whether he was trying to die or hurt himself or acted because of his injuries, said CHP spokesman Officer Jon Sloat. The man wasn’t identified as his mental health was being evaluated.

The investigators Tuesday afternoon interviewed the hospitalized man, who has moderate injuries including a head wound.

He was headed south, bound for South America for a job, he told investigators. The turkey reportedly appeared while he was riding on the coast highway near Kruse Ranch Road.

The man initially told some rescuers he thought he’d crashed as early as about midnight Sunday and that he didn’t remember anything between riding on the highway and then finding himself on the rocks, said Tim Murphy, supervising state parks lifeguard.

At about 5 a.m., a driver spotted a downed motorcycle on the side of the highway and some riding gear. Without cell service, the driver drove further south, calling to alert authorities as they approached the Russian River.

(Excerpt) Read more at pressdemocrat.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: crash; motorcycle; napl; turkey
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To: kvanbrunt2

I’ve literally watched a Turkey fly into a moving motorcycle and take the rider right out of the seat. Having been hit in the forehead with a june bug while doing about 40, I wouldn’t want to be the rider catching a 10-20 pound turkey in the face. No way could you stay up...and even if the turkey was suicidal enough to stay on the ground while a motorcycle was coming at it, hitting it would cause a lot of riders to dump the bike.


44 posted on 10/07/2014 11:59:37 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: F15Eagle

bttt


45 posted on 10/08/2014 12:38:42 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: rey; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; Lazamataz; ..

DANG!


46 posted on 10/08/2014 1:55:10 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: rey

A turkey I had attacked school buses. He knew the schedule and would lie in wait.


47 posted on 10/08/2014 2:14:23 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Durus

I had a peacock take me right off of the yard tractor. They fly pretty good, can’t steer worth a crap!


48 posted on 10/08/2014 2:17:41 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: rey

“If you want to be a bird....”


49 posted on 10/08/2014 3:11:45 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Squawk 8888; rey

“swerved to avoid turkey”

Biden’s in Canada, now?


50 posted on 10/08/2014 3:18:01 AM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: kvanbrunt2
first mistake: swerve to avoid turkey on a motorcycle.

If I see a turkey on a motorcycle, I'm dang sure going to avoid it.

51 posted on 10/08/2014 3:35:19 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: rey

I thought someone saw him “choking his chicken” while riding nude on his bike. Oh, excuse me, it was “chocking his turkey.”

Take your mind off your business and bad things can happen.


52 posted on 10/08/2014 4:07:44 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: Rome2000

Did he have a rider on the back of that bike?


53 posted on 10/08/2014 4:10:17 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: rey

K. I’ll bite:

So why did the Turkey cross the road? [sic]

I’m reminded of a cartoon I saw once where a group of squirrels or something was on the side of the road and they were having one race across the road, ranking the mayhem they caused.

In all seriousness, head injuries are no laughing matter. People are unpredictable when exposed to g-forces on the head, with or without external evidence of injury. This is a perfect example. He folded his clothes during his ‘blackout’ episode, for pete’s sake. Wild that he survived the fall off a 40ft cliff with minor injuries. Lucky guy. (seriousness ‘off)

Turkey must’ve gone back into the brush to wait for the crowd to clear and for the next motorcyclist...(wild turkey escapades)


54 posted on 10/08/2014 4:10:19 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: rey
He was headed south, bound for South America for a job, he told investigators

....must be crazy....

....by motorbike all the way from Canada to somewhere in South America for a "job"

55 posted on 10/08/2014 4:42:56 AM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: rey

I thought I was the only person who had done this. That damn turkey is trying to kill someone!!!


56 posted on 10/08/2014 5:17:26 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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To: smokingfrog

It happened to me 6 months ago.


57 posted on 10/08/2014 5:18:48 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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To: spokeshave

But the job pays $8.75/hour.


58 posted on 10/08/2014 5:30:01 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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To: rey

you don’t see motorcyclist, nude and turkey in the same sentence everyday.

THIS is why I love FR....


59 posted on 10/08/2014 6:31:54 AM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: mylife

Most excellent music!!

Thank You!

You have made my day.


60 posted on 10/08/2014 6:46:01 AM PDT by themidnightskulker
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