Emu running amok.
Laverne Bain likes to look at birds through her kitchen window.
This time, one was looking back: A big, baldish critter with stubby wings and a long, bowed neck.
"That's got to be the biggest turkey I've ever seen," Bain said Tuesday, laughing as she recalled her avian encounter. "That's what I was thinking at the moment. I promise, it was as tall as a pony, just peeking into the window at me."
After a few minutes -- and a couple of calls to neighbors along Elliot Bridge Road -- Bain realized her peeping tom wasn't a turkey at all.
She was one of several folks in central Harnett County to be visited this week by an emu: a large, flightless bird common in Australia that seems to have taken a shine to the rolling hills between Bunnlevel and Flat Branch.
And if you don't think emus are dangerous:
They can, in fact, disembowel you with a forward kick.
And for you fans of 70's TV:
Wonder if they taste like ostrich? I find ostrich quite tasty.
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