It’s hard finding living turkeys…the day before Thanksgiving
We had this great idea today of finding one of the last, living turkeys on the day before Thanksgiving, and telling his story.I jumped at the chance to do this story. I love doing stories that give people a break from the everyday news.
I imagined it would be fairly easy to find turkeys in the Pee Dee. There are lots of farms in the area, and definitely lots of chicken houses, so why not turkeys?
Well after about an hour, 14 google searches, and about 16 phone calls...I discovered it's really hard to find living turkeys around here.
I finally found a place that would let me in to get video of the turkeys... kind of far up in North Carolina.
We got lost, pretty bad...and what should've been about an hour and a half trip....took about three hours.
We ended up at a turkey hatchery, where they pretty much breed them, to send them off.
It's one of those places where the photographer has to put on what looks like a space suit to be able to get near the guys.
The good news though, was that after all the driving, bad directions and frustrations...we got the turkeys.
I've come to the conclusion that of all the great video...animal video is the best.
There's just something inherently funny about a running turkey.
Well the story's running at six, and it might be on the website later.
Check it out if you get a chance and I hope it gives you something to laugh about as you celebrate Thanksgiving.
Happy Turkey Day everyone!
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on 11/21 at 04:09 PM
