By Charlie White2013-05-11 15:30:07 UTCYou've probably never seen so many bald eagles in one place. Bald eagles might be scarce in the lower 48 of the United States, but the noble national bird is in abundance in the unusually named and lovely town of Unalaska, Alaska.
Typically depicted as noble lone hunters, bald eagles will be happy to accept a free lunch just like the rest of us would. This flash mob of angry birds apparently couldn't pass up their favorite food.
The group of about 40 bald eagles is seen at leisure, casually lunching on a giant load of fish fillets carelessly left in the back of a pickup truck in a Safeway parking lot.
Apparently, word got out among the eagles that it was lunchtime. Can you blame them? Free food!
Apparently, word got out among the eagles that it was lunchtime. Can you blame them? Free food!
There were so many of the of the giant, serious-looking birds flocking around the pickup truck and vehicles next to it, shoppers were afraid to go to their cars. Many called the police for help.
According to Unalaska TV and radio station KUCB, local police officer Bill Simms put on his siren in hopes of chasing away the birds. That was successful for some of them, but not the bravest of the bunch. Simms had to chase the rest of them away himself, urging fearful shoppers whose cars were nearby to "just get your keys ready and when I shoo them away, run into your cars."
It worked. No one was hurt, the pickup truck owner hightailed it out of there with the remainder of his fish fillets, probably hoping the eagles wouldn't be following him all the way home.
Video courtesy KUCB and photo via iStockphoto, Andyworks, composite by Mashable
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