A Boston woman got the surprise of her life when she saw crazed turkeys attacking her Audi convertible and scratching its paint.
Alicia Mastroianni, 26, was about to head out after her night shift at Boston Children’s Hospital on Monday when she noticed a note on the windshield of her car parked in front of her apartment.
“I just watched (and recorded) a huge turkey attack your car for over 15 minutes! He looks pretty scratched up 🙁 I tried to shoo him away but he ignored me,” read the note from her neighbor across the street. “I’m not sure what insurance coverage there is for turkey attacks on cars.”
The caregiver was bewildered and said she didn’t know how to explain her situation without others wondering if she was lying.
“You can’t just say, ‘Oh, my car got attacked by a turkey.’ Without proof, it sounds insane,” Mastroianni told the Boston Globe.
A Boston woman got the surprise of her life when she saw crazed turkeys attack her Audi convertible and scratch its paint
Alicia Mastroianni, 26, was about to head out after her night shift at Boston Children’s Hospital on Monday when she saw a note on the windshield of her car parked outside her apartment, informing her of the situation.
Matroianni was especially shocked by the damage her car had sustained from the rabid turkey.
“I was very confused. I’ve lived in such harmony with these animals,” she said. “Now they’re choosing violence.”
She got the video of the turkey abusing her car from her neighbor, who had left a note in the hopes that it would help her insurer explain the situation.
Mastroianni uploaded the video to TikTok and it has since been viewed nearly 7 million times.
“It’s just funny that it went so viral,” she said.
Video footage shows another turkey standing guard from a grassy area as another turkey aggressively pecks at the parked car.
In a dramatic moment, the aggressive bird leaps into the air and hits the vehicle with a powerful double kick.
“It was pretty battered. At first I thought, ‘Oh, great. This is exactly what I need,'” she said.
TikTok users in the comments were stunned. While most users were sympathetic, they couldn’t help but make a few jokes about the whole ordeal.
One user said, “I wrecked the car — my 12 year old.”
Another wrote: ‘If there wasn’t video evidence I would think they made it up after they hit your car.’
A third person joined in the conversation: ‘Any chance your insurance will cover Act of Fowl?’
Video footage shows another turkey acting as a lookout from a grassy area as another turkey aggressively pecks at the parked car
Fortunately, Mastroianni’s insurance did. When she filed the claim, she said there was “an option for animal abuse in parked cars, which I thought was funny because it certainly met my needs.”
“It’s definitely used more by people in the Midwest and the West, for example with bears, elk and larger animals … but it worked because it looked like animal violence from parked cars,” Mastroianni said.
Fortunately, the scratches on Mastroianni’s car were not irreparable. The body shop confirmed that the damage was largely superficial.
However, because she had a $500 deductible, she ended up paying that amount for the repairs.
‘I really hoped that Farmers [Insurance] would like a commercial idea. But no, not yet. I haven’t heard from the insurance companies,” Mastroianni said.