Death to All Puppeteers!
Saw this online today...
ATLANTA -- A red-tailed hawk, apparently
confused by a puppet shaped like a bird, swooped into a Midtown Atlanta
parking lot Friday sending two workers ducking for cover.Jeff
Domke and Alan Louis, employees at the Center for Puppetry Arts, were
in the facility's parking lot at 1404 Spring Street taking pictures of
a puppet designed to look like a brown thrasher, the state bird of
Georgia.The brown thrasher puppet must be pretty realistic
because the hawk, a respected hunter, tried to turn the puppet into
breakfast.The hawk, which can reach speeds up to 120 mph in a
dive, made contact with Domke on the hand and head before realizing its
target wasn't a real bird."I suppose the hawk paid us a compliment on Jeff’s design," said Louis.No human, hawk or puppet was injured.
On a serious note- if you are ever in Atlanta, try to visit the Center For Puppetry Arts. They have acquired a large part of Jim Henson's puppets, photographs and drawings. They have performances, speakers, workshops and parties. Well worth your time no matter what age you are!
http://www.puppet.org/
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