Redditor Shares The Hilarious Story Of An Incident With An Angry Peacock That Made Her Respect And Fear Birds

"I'd rather deal with a 200lb, pissed off Rottweiler than I would a bird of any size. Lesson learned."

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• Published in Interesting
• November 21, 2022

Some birds are horrific and frightening by nature, and some bird characteristics are straight out of a scary movie. The worst part is these characteristics apply to multiple species of birds.

Some birds hunt humans, some drink blood, and some even have a defense mechanism where they projectile vomit stomach when threatened. They can be rather dangerous, which is why many people are terrified of birds, which is actually justified. 

Despite all of these scary traits, birds are actually quite cool, and learning these facts shouldn't make you scared of them. Many birds have the capability to adapt to inhospitable environments, and some are known for their behavioral quirks that make them seem quite humorous. 

A Redditor who goes by the username u/peacelily2014 made a post on the r/tifu subReddit where she shared the hilarious story of an incident that happened to her in her childhood. The story is about a scary incident with an angry peacock that scared the user to death; she learned from the experience to fear and respect birds.

The user got a lot of different reactions to her post. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post. 

Here's the original post by Reddit user u/peacelily2014:

OP noticed several peacocks and was instantly fascinated by them.

Despite promising not to mess with the peacocks, OP ended up getting herself into some trouble.

OP decided to pluck one feather from the peacock and hoped it wouldn't notice.

For a second, OP thought that she had gotten away with what she just did.

OP realized at that moment that she shouldn't have done that.

OP ran for her life and tried to get away as further as possible from the peacock.

OP's mother ignored her the whole time and let her deal with the situation alone.

OP stayed hidden until the peacocks were finally gone.

OP learned after this incident to never disrespect a bird ever again.

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/peacelily2014's post:

Geese don't fly like other birds.

Birds are really smart and can be pretty creepy.

OP's writing skills are top-notch!

"I was a stubborn child and many more unfortunate encounters with wildlife were in my future."

Water birds are even scarier.

"A big white drake hated me for whatever reason."

"I tried to warn her but she didn't believe me."

OP didn't even get to keep the feather after that traumatic experience.

After going through that as a kid, not many things can scare you in adulthood.

OP's husband won't even visit a pet shop if it has birds.

Indeed birds can be quite scary and creepy sometimes. Getting attacked by anything that can fly is absolutely terrifying.

The way OP described her experience is absolutely hilarious. The moral of the story is: don't mess with birds because you won't win that fight. If you enjoyed reading this, make sure to check out similar content on our platform.

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