[bumblebee]

By JOHN MORGAN
Star-Tribune staff writer

Casper, Wyoming

A bloated turkey buzzard, gorging itself all day on the rotting carcass of a cow near the road, was unable to get enough height crossing the road and collided with a motorcyclist Aug. 11 on Interstate 25 near Glendo in Platte County.

"As the guy came by, the turkey buzzard schmucked him in the face," Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Chuck Bloom told the Platte County Record-Times. "It slobber-knocked him -- that's the only word for it."

Rodney E. Mason of El Paso, Texas, was able to keep his 1994 Harley Davidson motorcycle upright for a few hundred feet as he slowed down before sliding to a stop.

"The only thing that saved him from having a shattered face was that he had a full-face helmet on," Bloom said.

Mason's fiancee was following on another motorcycle and was "sprayed with putrid meat from the bird" after the collision, Bloom said.

 

[BikesR4Girls]

:readng:
Well......that's a story you don't hear everyday....

 

[itgirl25]

OMG! how bizarre! what happened to the bird? did it just puke it's lunch all over his fiancee? thank goodness for that helmet...

 

[marko138]

"schmucked"..."slobber-knocked"...???

What kind of hillbilly is running that town? :scratch: Remind me to never cruise through Wyoming, where apparently "bloated buzzards" graze freely. Or perhaps it's just karma for riding that damned Harley?....sounds like a conspiracy to me. :crazy:

 

[ShanMan14]

I've seen photos of a bird lodged in the bodywork of an R1. I can't imagine being hit in the face.

 

[twisty]

I got stung in the chest be a bee a few days ago on my way home from work. The bee flew down mu jacket. Man did that suck.

 

[bumblebee]

And you too will be hearing from my cousins' lawyer... :lol:

 

[marko138]

:lol:

 

[pickle.of.doom]

I know a dude who got hit in the face with a seagull, caught him in the corner of the mouth and split his face from lip to ear. He's one of those dude's that only looks at ya with one side of his face now. Just another ad for a full face helmet if ya ask me!

 

[DetroitRaceChic]

ewwwww that's disgusting

Rach

 

[twisty]

And you too will be hearing from my cousins' lawyer... :lol:

Well I will tell you how he died then, since you related. As he was driving his stringer into my chest I opened my jacket and crushed him. I watch his guts come out the a$$. It was pretty interesting to autonomy of a bee that way. :lol: I had to ride back to work spray some bee sting stuff, because I get pretty sick when I get stung.

 

[Gas Man]

Yeah all fo that would suck!

 

[jeeps84]

Man, that would suck.

 

[marko138]

I know a dude who got hit in the face with a seagull, caught him in the corner of the mouth and split his face from lip to ear. He's one of those dude's that only looks at ya with one side of his face now. Just another ad for a full face helmet if ya ask me!

Good god. That is disturbing. :yikes:

 

[Tuna]

i lost one of my good buddies about a year ago due to a bird. he was getting off the intersate. must have been moving out. the bird hit him head on and broke his neck. helmet on and all. it wasnt pretty. dont like to talk about it much. cuz it could happen to any body but damn!

 

[Gas Man]

Tuna... :yikes: that is crazy!! I'm sorry to hear that!

 

[marko138]

:yikes: I seriously had no idea birds posed such a threat to us. Sure, I've envisioned taking a splat of bird dung on the bike/helmet/whatever, but never considered these bastards to be a weapon of destruction.

 

[ne1469]

:readng: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: