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‘Vicious’ Peacock Escapes NYC Zoo and Attacks Passerby

“I thought I was buggin’! I was like, yo, there goes a motherfuckin’ peacock,” said Mike, who was bitten by the rogue bird.

A peacock displays its feathers.

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By Katie Hawkinson

A peacock caused quite the sight in New York City on Wednesday evening after escaping from the Bronx Zoo before roaming the neighborhood and even biting a bewildered passerby. “I thought I was buggin’! I was like, Yo, there goes a motherfuckin’ peacock,” the victim, named Mike, told the New York Post. Meanwhile, nearby residents on the Citizen app wrote that “911 dispatchers state the peacock is very vicious.” After an all-night standoff, the fugitive pheasant was reined back in by zoo officials.

Read it at New York Post

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