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Pet Peacock Ran Off with the Turkeys

November 23, 2018

A family’s pet peacock ran off with wild turkeys about six weeks ago and the owner says she can’t get near enough to recapture the bird.

The owner has seen the peacock, who she theorizes was lonely and therefore took off for turkey companionship, according to the Associated Press, as published by the Bangor Daily News.

The family lives in Springfield in east central Vermont.

The owner calls the peacock “Pea.” The story refers to the peacock in gender-neutral language.

The owner, Rene Johnson, said that she got close to the peacock on Thanksgiving Day, but couldn’t get close enough.

While she worries about the cold, she said she finds the situation “kind of funny, actually.”

Pea, family pet peacock of Rene Johnson in Springfield, Vermont. Family image from video.