They’re Watching You …
Posted on August 7, 2008
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Posted by Daria
Warning! Beware of DD’s #1 Fans—The Scavenging Seagulls Have Been Known to Snatch Cones From the Hands of Unsuspecting Tourists
Sierra and I laughed when we saw this sign at Dee Dee’s Gourmet Ice Cream in Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. Little did we know … (Cue ominous music.)
So there we are about 10 minutes later. I’m halfway finished with my cone, Sierra and Stan are about a third of the way through theirs. We’re reading an informational sign by the famous Peggys Cove lighthouse when a seagull swoops down close. “Whoa!” says Stan.
They finish with the sign and move on. I keep reading. Suddenly, “Squawk!” The seagull knocks a big chunk of my cone to the ground, taking a sliver out of my right index finger in the process.
“Aaah!” I shriek. “He attacked me!” I flash to Tippi Hedren in “The Birds.” It happened so quickly that I’m not sure whether it struck with its beak or its talons. Judging from the scratch, I’d guess the talons.
I move close to a building and resume eating. Nova Scotia Berry; boy, was it tasty.
Good thing I got a tetanus shot.
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that’s hilarious, well not that you got hurt but that it almost got stan and then it got you. i can picture it perfectly in my mind.