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I think this is a bit prosaic for the "It Happened to Me" thread, so I hope no-one minds me putting it here. And probably not even fortean to boot... but hopefully you'll find it entertaining
One beautifully sunny July evening some years ago, I was at my friends house celebrating his 21st birthday party.There were about 7 of us there. Wanting to preserve my friends parents decor, we went outside to open a bottle of champagne. The cork shot out into the air more or less vertically with a satisfying *pop*. Almost instantly, a small bird dropped out of the sky falling at my feet. It was a blue tit, lying on it's back with feet in the air. I picked it up and it was still warm, but either dead or unconscious. There were no trees around and we were a fair distance from the house. We could only suppose that we'd shot it out of the sky with the cork!
Anyway, we left the poor thing on a high(ish) wall. We checked an hour or so later (it was still light) and the bird had flown... or been eaten by a cat.:miaow:
One beautifully sunny July evening some years ago, I was at my friends house celebrating his 21st birthday party.There were about 7 of us there. Wanting to preserve my friends parents decor, we went outside to open a bottle of champagne. The cork shot out into the air more or less vertically with a satisfying *pop*. Almost instantly, a small bird dropped out of the sky falling at my feet. It was a blue tit, lying on it's back with feet in the air. I picked it up and it was still warm, but either dead or unconscious. There were no trees around and we were a fair distance from the house. We could only suppose that we'd shot it out of the sky with the cork!
Anyway, we left the poor thing on a high(ish) wall. We checked an hour or so later (it was still light) and the bird had flown... or been eaten by a cat.:miaow: