Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ELKHART, Ind., April 4 (UPI) -- A group of wild turkeys has left a fowl taste in the mouths of some Elkhart, Ind., residents by harassing children on a school playground. The principal of Jimtown North Elementary School said the birds occasionally frighten curious students who walk close to take a gander. Advertisement "When the kids get too close, they ruffle their feathers and gobble at them and then charge. It kind of scares the kids. They think they're going to be chased or pecked," Principal Alan Metcalfe told WBST-TV, South Bend, Ind. The administrator said he also fears the land fowl could cause a traffic accident. "The turkeys have been in the middle of the roads. Eventually one of them might get hit," Metcalfe said. The Humane Society of Elkhart County flocked to the scene, but thus far they've had no luck with their wild turkey chase. "It's not very easy. They run quite a bit faster than we do, and they fly. If you try to get them cornered, they can fly up on a roof or up in a tree," said Jeff Wogoman, an animal control officer with the Humane Society. Advertisement
