Nesting seagulls kept a couple hostage in their own home for six days by attacking them every time they tried to leave their house.
Roy and Brenda Pickard, 71, say they were constantly confronted by two squawking adult seagulls after two chicks ended up on their roof.
Mr Pickard, 77, was once so viciously attacked that he ended up with a bloody head wound that needed hospital treatment.
Speaking about how difficult it has been to complete simple tasks while stranded inside, Mr Pickard from Knott End near Morecambe Bay, Lancs., said: "The whole thing has been terrible.
"I've not been able to go out of the front door. If I try to get out of the door, the two adult birds are right there and I've got no chance. It's genuinely frightening."
He added: "My wife isn't well or very mobile at the moment so we're relying on me to get out.
Dad-man on June 22nd, 2019 at 13:15 UTC »
Bunch of us are staying on a cabin in a caravan park. Having breakfast and there are hundreds of gulls squawking and flapping around cause someone threw out some bread. So one guy holds a piece in one hand and as the gull swoops in to grab it, he catches the fucker around the neck. Out makes three biggest racket, wings flapping and making noise. All the gulls pissed off at that point and didn't come back. Dude let the one he had go, with no real damage. only a couple of magpies left hanging around.
NotOnLand on June 22nd, 2019 at 12:58 UTC »
Birdemic is real! Get the coat hangers!
Dan-68 on June 22nd, 2019 at 12:57 UTC »
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