This one is straight out of the Dukes of Hazzard, folks. Yesterday (January 30), an Albemarle County Sheriff’s Office deputy fell prey to an infuriated rooster while serving a warrant on a person who failed to show up for a court date. Deputy Tom Wood caught the force of the rooster’s attack below the belt before retaliating with a can of mace that proved ineffective.
We’ll let Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding take the story from here.
"Deputy Tom Wood pulled out his can of mace while keeping a close eye on a dog in the yard that did not appear to appreciate him being there. All of a sudden he heard the sound of wings beating and a large rooster hit him beak first just below the belt hard enough to double him over. He at the same time shot the rooster with mace out of reflex. The mace appeared to have no effect on the bird. The bird never gave any ground. However after watching Tom’s fellow officers laughing in hysterics it went back to walking around the yard eating. It turns out that no one was home so the deputies continue their dangerous quest to capture the fugitive, Sara Bishop Gibson (w, f, age 34, 5’7” 160 lbs, Mountain View Drive, Charlottesville) who has gone a ‘fowl’ of the law."