# As God is my Witness, Apparently Turkeys Can Fly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608 "2007-12-11T14:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/1 "2007-12-11T14:04:50Z")
[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071210/D8TES70O1.html](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071210/D8TES70O1.html) > [@](#): > > TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The noise that Chuck Ritter heard while sitting in his living room was a turkey that **crashed through a third-story bedroom window**. Ritter, 83, was relaxing Saturday when the uninvited guest arrived. (Emphasis mine) > [@](#): > > After about 30 minutes of trying to ease the turkey toward the window with a broomstick and a fishing pole, Ritter cornered the bird, grabbed it by the neck **and threw it out the window**. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/2 "2007-12-11T14:09:39Z")
Who said they couldn’t? At least wild turkeys can. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/3 "2007-12-11T14:10:32Z")
I have seen wild turkeys fly from the ground to a tree limb perhaps 15 feet in the air. It’s not graceful – in fact, it’s pretty funny – but they can do it. Domestic turkeys, on the other hand, are filled with cement. Don’t drop them out of helicopters, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/4 "2007-12-11T14:22:51Z")
We’ve got wild turkeys on our property and they always roost in this huge stand alone white oak in the middle of our meadow. Now that there are no leaves on it we can see them _ **fly** _ up to the roost every evening if we are home when they do it ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/5 "2007-12-11T14:24:43Z")
daHubby and I were toodling down the interstate one afternoon and a turkey made a bombing run across the car. If we’d not been the only car on that stretch of highway at that time, we’d have wrecked the car. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/6 "2007-12-11T14:36:38Z")
Some time ago a wild turkey was found on the balcony of a Manhattan apartment. It was over 20 stories up. The strong updrafts helped bring the bird up there. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/7 "2007-12-11T15:04:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Who said they couldn’t? At least wild turkeys can. Evidently you don’t recognize the famous quote from **WKRP in Cincinnatti** (which, in turn, may have been inspired by a real event: [http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/aa112002a.htm](http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/aa112002a.htm) ) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/8 "2007-12-11T15:07:18Z")
But of course. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/9 "2007-12-11T15:23:07Z")
I have a flock of about 40 turkeys that roost in the pine trees above my bedroom window. Yep, they fly. They make a heckuva racket when they do, too! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/10 "2007-12-11T16:13:22Z")
Enough Wild Turkey and I think that I can fly. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/11 "2007-12-12T04:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Evidently you don’t recognize the famous quote from **WKRP in Cincinnatti** (which, in turn, may have been inspired by a real event: [http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/aa112002a.htm](http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/aa112002a.htm) ) [/QUOTE] heh. les nessman is my hero. i was working in radio as a morning drive jock/news director during the years wkrp was in first-run airing. the. best. show. eveh. on. tv. hands-down. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/12 "2007-12-12T05:06:44Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Evidently you don’t recognize the famous quote from **WKRP in Cincinnatti** (which, in turn, may have been inspired by a real event: [http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/aa112002a.htm](http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/aa112002a.htm) ) [/QUOTE] Funniest moment _ever_ in a Sitcom. Or at least- Top Ten. 🙂😃 ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-apparently-turkeys-can-fly/429608/13 "2007-12-13T02:54:56Z")
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