Wild Turkey Chases Down N.Y.C. Man, Repeatedly Attacks Him in His Own Driveway

A New York resident is going viral after home surveillance footage showed him being chased by an aggressive wild turkey in front of his home. 

In an article published on Thursday, June 26, Noel Colon of Staten Island spoke to SI Live after Blink security cameras caught the large bird exhibiting fowl behavior in his driveway. 

According to Colon, he was on his way to National Grid, where he’s employed as a utility worker, but noticed the animal resting on his property. 

Attempting not to bother the bird, he climbed on an outdoor air conditioning unit instead. Unfortunately, that was not good enough for the turkey. 

“I climbed on top of it so I can just get away from the turkey, and not disturb the turkey while it was sitting there,” Colon said, adding that as soon as he jumped down, the turkey “made a noise and began chasing me.”

The video begins with Colon walking through a grassy area in front of his home, toward a white SUV. As he’s walking, the turkey appears behind him, flapping its wings. 

Gasping can be heard as the New York resident appears startled, but quickly moves away from the bird. Despite him going in the opposite direction from the animal, it continues to go after him. 

Colon lets out shrieks and a single curse word as he anxiously tries to get away from the turkey and into his vehicle so he can get to work. 

He pauses for a moment, long enough to open the driver’s door, but the turkey reappears, going directly at him. 

With no time to free his hands of the things he was carrying and get into his car and close the door behind him, Colon continues to run around his vehicle as the big bird chases him. 

It even takes flight and attacks him in an airborne position as he runs away back toward his home. 

The clip ends with Colon making another circle around his vehicle, but never getting a chance to get in. 

“I was freaked out,” he told SI Live. “I was concerned with just getting to work on time.”

He added that he was eventually able to leave after the turkey “gave me a heart attack.”

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“I’m usually never afraid with anything that happens in life. I just go with the flow. But that was something that was just completely, completely unexpected and I was freaked out,” Colon said.

He later noticed that the wild turkey laid eggs on his property. He has taken precautions when going close to that area, such as avoiding it when he cuts the grass. He’s also picked up on her routine.

“The turkey, she comes back every morning around 6:30 until like 7:30 a.m. and she hangs out there in the morning,” he said. “So I didn’t want to move the eggs, because that’s hers.”