The Eagle, the Deer Head, and the Powerlines
Juneau, AK
About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines.
“You have to live in Alaska to have this kind of outage scenario,” said Gayle Wood, an Alaska Electric Light & Power spokeswoman. “This is the story of the overly ambitious eagle who evidently found a deer head in the landfill.”
The bird, weighed down by the deer head, apparently failed to clear the transmission lines, she said. A repair crew found the eagle dead, the deer head nearby.
The power was out for less than 45 minutes Sunday.
Found in the Anchorage Daily News
Thanks Larry!
January 30th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I bet the eagle had that “deer in the headlights” look when he saw the lines in his flight path!
January 30th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
…and apparently was not smart enough to go UNDER the power lines. Doh!
January 31st, 2007 at 12:46 pm
He’s a bird brain, Ritch, what do you expect? At least the repair crew got a ‘buck’ out of it.
January 31st, 2007 at 12:58 pm
LOL