ATHENS, Ga. - Residents of an Eastside neighborhood may have found relief from a gang that laid siege to the area over the past few months, kicking and biting at people, jamming up traffic and chasing terrified residents into their homes.The gang - that's what the U.S. Geological Survey calls a flock of wild turkeys - went after 68-year-old Carol Herzog on Monday, she said.
"Hey, you wit da skirt, c'mere."
"I was outside, and the two toms kept walking toward me, pushing me backwards," Herzog said.
"What's da matter, babe, you don't like turkeys? Hey, you didn't call me 'Butterball,' did ya? 'Cause if you did, me an' da boys here are gonna hafta mess ya up."
"They were flying up to my face as I kept backing up. I was scared to death."
Officers with the state Department of Natural Resources took down both toms in the gang of six Tuesday morning, likely putting an end to the gang's rampage.
"Turkeys, come out to play-i-ay."
"It's da cops!"
"Okay, Tom, come out with your beaks up and nobody has to get hurt."
"We ain't afraid a you flatfoots!"
"You'll never take us alive, coppers!"
BLAM! BLAM!