Woman Attacked By Goose Sues County - County Didn't Post Warning Signs About Goose

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[Salamander]

Didn't that skit feature that feckless peanut farmer who pretended to be president for a few years?

No. That was a completely different farce.....:)

[Salamander]

When I was about 8 years my old, my cousin and I decided to bet on whether a newly bought Holstein calf was a bull or heifer.

Got kicked right in the head for my trouble.

( it was a bull...I "won" ) :))

[_Jim]

Woman Attacked By Goose

Grab the head - and the goose will just flap his wings like mad!

(Seriosly - learned to deal with them this way as a kid ...)

[_Jim]

How do you lose to a goose?

WHEN you have less/fewer 'guts' (literally: when you are less gutsy) than the goose ...

The human *should* have the intellectual advantage, but, against the goose and it's eons of instinct sometimes they will win over the more timid human ...

[Unknown Freeper]

It was a public park....
Put that woman in a cage and let the geese walk around.

[_Jim]

You better believe they can be aggressive.

ESP. one gander (male) 'in charge of' a couple of hens ...

[Salamander]

Dad had an old Rhode Island Red rooster that terrorized my little sister for years.
We never could figure out why that bird hated her guts, but he sure did.
Nobody threw a hissy fit over it.
Dad just told her to stay the h*ll outta the rooster's way.

*If* "Mother Goose" been nailed by a big ol' Barred Plymouth Rock, maybe I could see her complaint. LOL!

[amused]

My late grandfather used to rage at the geese and the poop they would leave all over the place at the old family lake house.

[Salamander]

Another point, if the county were to come onto your property for say a census report and you had a goose that attacked the census worker, I'm sure the county would be taking you to court.

Been there, done that, sorta. No lawsuit.

(Boy...can our UPS guy ever step lively)

[Salamander]

I can't see how. ( not that anything is impossible ) :)
The air pressure the wings generate actually work -against- the bird, as far as "blunt force trauma" goes.
The harder they "flop" you, the closer they come to lift-off, feathers and wings being what they are.
Once, while clipping one of the geese's wings, Bob (the gander) decided I was murdering her and threw his whole body upside my head. He then proceeded to "flop" me for all he was worth.
After the inital shock of having a 30 pound pillow hit me, I just turned around and yelled "what in h*ll do you think you're doing?!?"
When I -didn't- act cowed, he backed away, complaining bitterly.
That's the whole secret of fending off a "goose attack".
They're relying on *you* to panic at all the noise and movement they make.
Most animals will freak out and run away.
They can and do "pinch" but that's nothing compared to even a "friendly" horse-nip.....:)

[1rudeboy]

Griffin's attorney, Joe Fields, said the fact that the county removed the birds shows they are dangerous.

He must have dozed-off during the "subsequent remedial measures" portion of his law professor's Torts lecture. What a maroon.

[SSN558]

These birds are very agressive at certain times of the year. Attacks on humans that don't know goose shit are common. Much to the neighbors consternation I had half a dozen eating out of my hand a couple years ago. It only took two weeks. They knew where I lived and worked and showed up at both places when I yelled, "hey dirty birds." When you tame one of them the others learn from watching. I was even allowed to approach the nests and feed the babies.

A local engineering manager was not so lucky. He killed five with a shotgun, bagged them in plastic, and buried them in a dumpster. He was arrested and had his face plastered on the TV and Newspapers. Oh well.

[Axenolith]

I worked at a Northern VA golf course and a guy was getting harassed by one (a goose) at one of our sister courses and he took a pitching wedge to it. Man, that guy got into a world of S**T over that. You'd thought he'd taken after Mother Theresa or an infant...

[mhking]

Is that Garfield Goose?

Not quite. Chelveston was the ill-tempered duck that showed up on Ray Rayner's morning show. Ray kept feeding the duck lettuce to keep from getting attacked...

[Salamander]

Well, I love animals but I won't stand around like a grinning idiot and let one attack me.....:))

Another poster was right about "Bambi".
They can slice you up real good with those little hooves of theirs.

My city-raised husband nearly got his clock cleaned by a stunned doe we found in the middle of the road near our place.
I insisted we pull her to the safety of a nearby field where she could recover from her bumps, but he took hold of her in an entirely unwise manner.

He'll listen to me, next time.
( he's learning about "country" slow but sure)...;)

[AnAmericanMother]

The Canadas around here are deathly afraid of my Lab. Must be genetic memory.

She's pretty well trained and she won't charge them (unless I give her the "secret hand signal" - which I won't :-D ) but she sits and trembles and whines wanting to get at them. Apparently she doesn't care if they've been shot first or not.

[Centurion2000]

Woman Attacked By Goose Sues County

Dear lady,

In light of your recent encounter a small couplet has been written for your personal education regarding human/non-human encounters.

Your human, it's not. You're expected to show better pre-planning/preparation/judgement than the non-human.

[Salamander]

Notice how they hide their faces so you can't identify them later in a lineup!



The shifty eyes and malevolent sideways glances!



Hey..if *I* were waterfowl, I'd be scared of your Lab too! LOL!

[altair]

Just wait for the lawsuit that hits when someone sees the geese, you know, making baby geese.

I've seen a pair of ducks going at it in a park. Can I sue?