Speaking of Geese

This goose has been protecting a ToysRUs store in New Jersey.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...rre&id=4063319

I saw footage on the local news just now. Doesn't look TOO mean. Just a
bit persistant. The store is taking it well.

Wild goose chases shoppers at Toys R Us
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April 7, 2006 - A goose in Philadelphia is going after shoppers at a
Toys-R-Us store. He sits on top of the building and watches people come
and go. If shoppers get too close to his part of the building, he
attacks.
He's attacked three people so far.
"He came at you with his mouth open and everything, came right at your
back. It seems like every time somebody had their back turned toward
him, he comes at you," said Tim Gallagher. "If you're in a bike or a
car it won't come after you, but as soon as you walk past it'll come
right down after you."
"This is hilarious, I thought it was a hawk or flacon when I came
originally, but I did not know it was a goose," said Paul Lucas.

This fowl tempered feather friend, has sent more than one shopper on a
wild goose chase over the last few days.
"It's big, I thought it was gonna get on top of our heads or something,
it was on top of us. It is a swan or something? A goose. I thought it
was a duck," said Ramona Rodriguez.
Duck is what you have to do when the goose heads your way. It's unclear
why the goose is acting so aggressively, though we do they do that if
they human are coming to close to a clutch of eggs.
The area right underneath the goose's perch has been roped off to keep
the aerial assaults to a minimum, and Toys-R-Us employees have been
escorting customers too and from the store.
This silly goose has become a bit of a tourist attraction, walking
where it wants when it wants. That included do a little window shopping
at Office Depot. Then it was back up to the roof to wait for the next
person to nip.
"They pinch that's all, make a lot of noise and pinch and then they go
away," said Andrew Green.
A Toys-R-Us spokesperson says that the mall owner has been in touch
with the USDA and is filing paperwork to have the goose humanely
removed.

Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry

Karen wrote:
This goose has been protecting a ToysRUs store in New Jersey.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...rre&id=4063319

I saw footage on the local news just now. Doesn't look TOO mean.
Just a bit persistant. The store is taking it well.

When I lived in Bangkok (gonna miss Britta's references to that place!)
there was a lumberyard across the street from our house that used geese as
'watch geese'. Their honk was larger than their bite, although I won't say
a goose bite doesn't hurt. But the premise was, the geese honking would
wake up the watchman (and trust me, every watchman in Thailand is sleeping)
if the geese put up a fuss, to alert him there was someone breaking in and
trying to steal. That sure was the case. Those geese were noisy as could
be.

This case is a wild goose and for some reason it has staked out a claim on
top of a building, which is odd since geese and ducks are usually ground
dwellers. Just don't turn your back on it, seems to the be the rule

Jill

I saw it too on Canadian TV. It is a Canadian goose, and some said hopefully
Canada. won't be blamed.



"Karen" wrote in message
news:2006040723100816807%kchuplis@alltelnet...
This goose has been protecting a ToysRUs store in New Jersey.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...rre&id=4063319

I saw footage on the local news just now. Doesn't look TOO mean. Just a
bit persistant. The store is taking it well.

Wild goose chases shoppers at Toys R Us


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April 7, 2006 - A goose in Philadelphia is going after shoppers at a
Toys-R-Us store. He sits on top of the building and watches people come
and go. If shoppers get too close to his part of the building, he
attacks.
He's attacked three people so far.
"He came at you with his mouth open and everything, came right at your
back. It seems like every time somebody had their back turned toward
him, he comes at you," said Tim Gallagher. "If you're in a bike or a
car it won't come after you, but as soon as you walk past it'll come
right down after you."
"This is hilarious, I thought it was a hawk or flacon when I came
originally, but I did not know it was a goose," said Paul Lucas.


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This fowl tempered feather friend, has sent more than one shopper on a
wild goose chase over the last few days.
"It's big, I thought it was gonna get on top of our heads or something,
it was on top of us. It is a swan or something? A goose. I thought it
was a duck," said Ramona Rodriguez.
Duck is what you have to do when the goose heads your way. It's unclear
why the goose is acting so aggressively, though we do they do that if
they human are coming to close to a clutch of eggs.
The area right underneath the goose's perch has been roped off to keep
the aerial assaults to a minimum, and Toys-R-Us employees have been
escorting customers too and from the store.
This silly goose has become a bit of a tourist attraction, walking
where it wants when it wants. That included do a little window shopping
at Office Depot. Then it was back up to the roof to wait for the next
person to nip.
"They pinch that's all, make a lot of noise and pinch and then they go
away," said Andrew Green.
A Toys-R-Us spokesperson says that the mall owner has been in touch
with the USDA and is filing paperwork to have the goose humanely
removed.

jmcquown wrote:
'watch geese'. Their honk was larger than their bite, although I won't say
a goose bite doesn't hurt. But the premise was, the geese honking would

When my godson was little, we were at the club and he wanted to go see
the ducks in the pond. So I grabbed his hand and took him near the pond.
We were looking at the ducks when a rather large goose saw us and made a
beeline for us with very evil intentions. I grabbed my nephew and ran as
fast as I could, with the goose in pursuit!
Scary critters if you ask me, attacking someone much bigger than them.

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Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry

Victor Martinez wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
'watch geese'. Their honk was larger than their bite, although I
won't say a goose bite doesn't hurt. But the premise was, the geese
honking would

When my godson was little, we were at the club and he wanted to go see
the ducks in the pond. So I grabbed his hand and took him near the
pond.
We were looking at the ducks when a rather large goose saw us and
made a beeline for us with very evil intentions. I grabbed my nephew
and ran as fast as I could, with the goose in pursuit!
Scary critters if you ask me, attacking someone much bigger than them.

I guess they are territorial Ducks, on the other hand, don't seem to
care too much. They just sort of quack and waddle away (or get in the water
and paddle out a few feet). I hear swans are much like geese when it comes
to being territorial (and mean).

Jill

i saw that too.
"Karen" wrote in message news:2006040723100816807%kchuplis@alltelnet...
This goose has been protecting a ToysRUs store in New Jersey.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...rre&id=4063319

I saw footage on the local news just now. Doesn't look TOO mean. Just a
bit persistant. The store is taking it well.

Wild goose chases shoppers at Toys R Us


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April 7, 2006 - A goose in Philadelphia is going after shoppers at a
Toys-R-Us store. He sits on top of the building and watches people come
and go. If shoppers get too close to his part of the building, he
attacks.
He's attacked three people so far.
"He came at you with his mouth open and everything, came right at your
back. It seems like every time somebody had their back turned toward
him, he comes at you," said Tim Gallagher. "If you're in a bike or a
car it won't come after you, but as soon as you walk past it'll come
right down after you."
"This is hilarious, I thought it was a hawk or flacon when I came
originally, but I did not know it was a goose," said Paul Lucas.


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This fowl tempered feather friend, has sent more than one shopper on a
wild goose chase over the last few days.
"It's big, I thought it was gonna get on top of our heads or something,
it was on top of us. It is a swan or something? A goose. I thought it
was a duck," said Ramona Rodriguez.
Duck is what you have to do when the goose heads your way. It's unclear
why the goose is acting so aggressively, though we do they do that if
they human are coming to close to a clutch of eggs.
The area right underneath the goose's perch has been roped off to keep
the aerial assaults to a minimum, and Toys-R-Us employees have been
escorting customers too and from the store.
This silly goose has become a bit of a tourist attraction, walking
where it wants when it wants. That included do a little window shopping
at Office Depot. Then it was back up to the roof to wait for the next
person to nip.
"They pinch that's all, make a lot of noise and pinch and then they go
away," said Andrew Green.
A Toys-R-Us spokesperson says that the mall owner has been in touch
with the USDA and is filing paperwork to have the goose humanely
removed.

On 7 Apr 2006 21:58:30 -0700, yodeled:


Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry


I knew a watch-goose, too, in upstate New York. They are very good at
it. Her name was Gertrude, and she was really quite gentle with
people she knew.


Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:19:54 -0500, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Victor Martinez wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
'watch geese'. Their honk was larger than their bite, although I
won't say a goose bite doesn't hurt. But the premise was, the geese
honking would

When my godson was little, we were at the club and he wanted to go see
the ducks in the pond. So I grabbed his hand and took him near the
pond.
We were looking at the ducks when a rather large goose saw us and
made a beeline for us with very evil intentions. I grabbed my nephew
and ran as fast as I could, with the goose in pursuit!
Scary critters if you ask me, attacking someone much bigger than them.

I guess they are territorial Ducks, on the other hand, don't seem to
care too much. They just sort of quack and waddle away (or get in the water
and paddle out a few feet). I hear swans are much like geese when it comes
to being territorial (and mean).


Swans are the BADDEST!!! And they are BIG. I live near a park with a
good-sized artificial lake with lots of waterfowl, and the swans are
like the local gangstas. When they come along, they muscle everyone
else out of the way. They are remarkably beautiful to see, though.

Virtually every morning, some dog sees the birds on the lake, and
charges straight down at them like a bat out of hell, and then comes
charging right back up the bank, yowling in terror because he met a
swan instead of some duck.


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Make Levees, Not War