‘Vicious’ Bronx peacock, dubbed Raul, bites man, flees to local park tree: 'I thought I was high'
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An escaped peacock, dubbed Raul, flew to safety in a large tree in a New York City park after biting a man in the thigh. The peacock is believed to be from the Bronx Zoo.
"We were standing outside chillin’, you know, smoking, you know, whatever and, I thought I was buggin’" Mike told the New York Daily News. "I thought I was high." Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
Mike shared that he attempted to corral the wild bird, but it quickly lashed out and bit him in the thigh.
"Then the motherf---er flew into the tree," Mike told the outlet. "I didn’t know they could fly."
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