Hawks attack man on Tufts campus

[ron_newman]

Man gets 15 stitches after hawk attack at Tufts University. Attack happened on Dearborn Road.

Comments

[smammy]

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. I hope he'll be all right.

[withinmywill.livejournal.com]

That's it. I'm convinced that Dearborn is cursed.

[ron_newman]

Did some other bad thing happen on that street?

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

There's this:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x1743989471/Man-arrested-for-sex-assault-sunday-on-Dearborn-Road#axzz1LiTDVm6c

I found a couple of break-ins, but nothing else of great notice.

[withinmywill.livejournal.com]

A couple of my friends used to live there, and their house was broken into a few times.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I watched a hawk devour a squirrel in my back yard a few weeks ago. I live not far from Tufts.

[squirrelitude]

Oh man, I've gotta go there and get some pictures! Need to work up a protective suit first. :-P

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I think I know the guy with just the suit:

http://improbable.com/news/2002/may/troy-new-suit.html

[squirrelitude]

Needs more spikes:

http://www.google.com/images?q=%2Bmagpie+%2Bhelmet

[molyflogs.livejournal.com]

This guy now has the best scar story ever.

[squirrelitude]

I WAS ATTACKED BY A DINOSAUR, MAN!

[dial-zero.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, it is a raptor :D

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I took a walk on campus and the nest in on the top of the back fire escape on Robinson Hall.

[mrsdollylevi.livejournal.com]

The nest in on a fire escape. .. umm, shouldn't the fire escape be clear in case of ... um .. a fire?

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

There may be laws governing not disturbing a wildbird nest that trump fire safety, or at least can be bent for a short while.

really unhappy ending to this story

[c011een.livejournal.com]

Here's the update from CBS news. They re-located the mother to Blue Hills, took the chicks out of the nest and will put them in "foster" nests, and destroyed the nest.

From the CBS article:
"Some witnesses reported seeing someone climb the fire escape on that building before the attack. Whether that happened or not, officials say they can’t take any chances with the agitated hawk, especially with Tufts graduation ceremonies coming up."

If this is true, then the dumb-ass deserved what he got.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/05/09/mother-hawk-separated-from-her-babies-after-attacking-man-in-somerville/