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    When pigeons attack

    To get to uni I have to walk through a park we call pigeon park due to the abundance of pigeons that hang around there (i'd estimate around 100-150). It's not a very big park, and the path goes directly through the middle of it.

    So i was walking to uni earlier and half were on one side of the path and half on the other, any single one flies and they all go, so you have to watch them when you walk across it. I was looking at the ones on the left and turned my head right to see them all flying just in front of where i was walking, and one must have literally been 2cm away from my face, i felt the air from its wing!

    Then on the way back they were all in front of me and a dog or something scared them, so suddenly 100 or so pigeons are flying at face level directly at me! I had to just stop and hope they missed, which they did.

    ANYWAY, it made me wonder what would happen if a high speed pigeon did fly into your head. So my question is, has anyone ever had a low flying pigeon hit them, and if so what damage did it do?

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    no. iv collided with a bad while on my bike tho..right in the face.. does that count?
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    Wear an owl on your shoulder , that should do the trick

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    genious

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    I've not had any problems with pigeons but I did get chased by crows :s

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    I've not physically been hit by one but I did see another guy get hit by one. Was driving to London about a year ago on the M1 and I saw a Pigeon fly across the front of my car and went straight through the open window of the car to my left. Luckly it was quite quiet at the time so he was able to stop safely.

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    A pidgeon clipped my head once in town. Did no damage, didn't hurt, I was just a bit surprised!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar_VPR View Post


    Pigeons themselves do no harm to me but thier poo does. I got hit by it twice.

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    I was hit by a pigeon, luckily I wasn't hurt but unluckily for the pigeon I was
    driving my car at about 60. He got spooked by the car in front hovered
    around and then spanked into the middle of my windscreen with and almighty
    whack.

    I then got hit on the shoulder as he ploughed his way through my window,
    miraculously not making a hole in it. Well thats what I thought for a split
    second then realised the bugger had smacked off my rear view mirror.

    He left this strange white dusty pigeon shaped mark on my windscreen.

    Poor old wood pigeon.

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