A New Jersey mates person have had their Tesla's windshield smashed up by a food that they declare fell from nan sky, contempt surviving a mile from nan nearest assemblage of water.
Cynthia and Jeff Levine from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey said they heard a large crashing sound extracurricular of their home.
Speaking to ABC 7 Cynthia described really nan car started honking. 'I went retired and Jeff was successful nan gait somewhere. He heard nan clang and everything, but ignored it'.
When they went to their driveway to investigate, they discovered their Tesla's windshield smashed up and covered successful 'fish scales and blood', Cynthia said.
Jeff said he primitively thought personification had thrown nan food astatine nan car.
A New Jersey mates person said their windshield was smashed up by a food that fell from nan sky
Cynthia and Jeff Levine shared information footage that shows a food being dropped from nan entity and crashing against their Tesla's windshield, which was parked successful their driveway
The mates judge nan food was dropped by a vertebrate carrying its meal successful its mouth
'Is personification aft us?', he wondered. 'We thought...is it vandals?'.
Security footage revealed a mini food abruptly falling retired of nan entity and crashing into their Tesla.
But nan mates soon discovered who nan culprit was, arsenic they judge that nan unexpected transportation came from a vertebrate pinch meal successful its beak.
'We besides person an eagle's nest successful our backyard...We deliberation it was astir apt nan eagle', Cynthia said.
The Levines unrecorded astir a mile from nan closest assemblage of water, which is Raritan Bay.
According to locals, it is communal to spot birds flying pinch food successful their mouth.
The mates unrecorded successful Atlantic Highlands, which is astir 1 mile disconnected from nan closest assemblage of water, Raritan Bay, New Jersey
Image shows nan food that was dropped onto nan couple's windshield
A akin incident occurred successful North Carolina backmost successful 2021, erstwhile an unlucky food smashed into a truck's windshield aft being dropped into fast-moving postulation by a bird.
The bass, which was plucked from a reservoir by a bird, was dropped straight into trucker Barry Poff's windshield, which resulted successful it shattering.
Poff said that nan brushwood was dissimilar thing he had seen successful his 3 cardinal miles of driving crossed each 50 states.
'I pulled complete and called my dispatcher,' Barr said. 'I told him, "You ain't gonna judge what conscionable happened. A food conscionable shattered my windshield."'
Barry was unharmed but his motortruck did suffer immoderate harm successful nan accident.
While nan Levine's are successful nan process of getting their Tesla backmost done their insurance, Jeff had a connection for his feathered neighbours.
'I lowered by deductibles, truthful if immoderate birds are listening, please don't driblet it present because I'm covered now', he joked.