Aggressive Turkey Is Attacking People on Popular D.C. Riverwalk: 'He Almost Clawed My Face!'

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There’s a terrible turkey running around the nation’s capital.

According toWJLA, officials in Washington D.C. have warned residents of a turkey that has accosted residents in the area for months.

The wild bird has been spotted aroundAnacostia Riverwalk Trail, popular with runners, cyclists, and skaters, the outlet said.

“He attacked me. And I run faster and he follows me,” jogger Everett Alvarez told WJLA.

Resident Lucinda Fleeson said the turkey almost took a bite out of her behind.

“I tried to get around him and he lunged at me, so I turned around to run and he lunged again and pecked me on my butt!” she said.

An official fromPrince George’s County Parks and Recreation Department told WJLA that they recommend residents keep their distance from the turkey instead of taking pictures of it.

As some residents say, the turkey may be looking for trouble.

“He jumped in the air and he almost clawed my face, so he kind of knocked me off the bike,” singer Dede Folarin told the station.

Folarin said toldWRCthat he hit the turkey with a twig, which finally compelled the bird to back away from him.

“I put the phone down and found the biggest twig I could find, and I started whacking this bird, and whacked him, like, twice, and feathers went everywhere, and he kind of stepped off back into the brush,” he said.

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source: people.com