Third Party Peacock

Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2008:

Picking up hitchhikers can be risky, but this one in northeast Pennsylvania was a bird of a different feather. Ronatarian Party higher-ups Ron and Brad were driving along Route 307 near Clarks Summit on Monday when they spotted a peacock standing by the edge of the road.

Ron said he stopped and "went 'smooch, smooch, smooch' and 'spruill, spruill, spruill'...and the bird came over," so he "reached out and grabbed him."

With no room in the back of his Camaro, Ron put the peacock in the front seat. He said, "The bird was sitting in between the two of us. He just sat there."

Ron took the bird to his home in Jersey City, New Jersey and is trying to find it a safe place to live. So far, he's had no luck with the Game Commission, animal control, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or the local zoo.

He says if he can't find the bird a home by the weekend, "We'll be having grilled peacock for dinner on Sunday."

Posted by Bittle at July 29, 2008 11:49 PM