RSSNow For Something Completely Different … Bald Eagle causes Power Outage in Alaska
Here is something one does not see everyday. Let’s hope not at least. The next time there is a power outage in your area, maybe you should look to the sky to see if there are any American Bald Eagles flying in the vicinity.
(Hat Tip pic: Klaas)
Approximately 10,000 Juneau, Alaska residents lost their power when an American Bald Eagle carrying a deer head crashed in to transmission lines. “Overly ambitious eagle”, I guess.
“You have to live in Alaska to have this kind of outage scenario,” said Gayle Wood, an Alaska Electric Light & Power spokeswoman. “This is the story of the overly ambitious eagle who evidently found a deer head in the landfill.”
The bird, weighed down by the deer head, apparently failed to clear the transmission lines, she said. A repair crew found the eagle dead, the deer head nearby.
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Good Job, Klaas!
Poor Eagle…
Is there a lesson to be learned?
Soar Like an Eagle… and Fly High!
(but don’t take on more than you can carry)
OMG How funny, I use to live in Juneau.. That doesnt surprise me thought eagles flying around alot
which would have been worse, the power outage or looking up into the sky and seeing a flying deer head. i’m staying in tennessee. we’re used to roadkill of all sorts, but flying deer heads are just a little too much.
dennisintn
Sounds like there’s a good metaphor in there somewhere….
Speaking of deer heads…
I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I was forced to go to New Jersey against my wishes for a work-related trip. I am a country girl, so unhappy doesn’t come close to describing my desire to leave my comfort zone.
Right after getting into the Parsipanny area, I started seeing deer carcasses all over the place. One in particular was resting in the grassy median. To my surprise, I looked closer and noticed the head cut off! Certainly wasn’t the work of an eagle, but it proves rednecks DO live north of the Mason Dixon line. (Must have been a nice buck.)
Made me feel back a bit more at home :>)
Brenda
He was trying to plug in his beak warmer!
Now THAT would be a frivolous injury lawsuit!
I better fwd. the news to my in-laws so when they go outside they better keep lookin’ up!
Worse, not seeing flying deer heads, imagine DRIVING and then having a sucker like that crash on your windshield! :-O