Overview
- Lab technician Michael Bourgon identified himself as the man in the videos and detailed the chase in a CBC interview.
- Passerby Jody Paul filmed the encounter and a coworker posted the footage to Reddit, propelling it across social platforms and into local newscasts.
- The pursuit unfolded at Prince of Wales Drive and Heron Road, with the turkeys following Bourgon across a crosswalk as he tried to get away.
- A passing driver let Bourgon into a car while the birds pecked at the door and briefly blocked two lanes of traffic at the light.
- Bourgon later described a separate encounter near the Central Experimental Farm that ended calmly after he stood his ground.