Man breaks leg driving into tree while being attacked by goose

SparkyTech

Bet he didnt see that quack coming. Really cheered me up reading this

A retired dentist suffered a broken leg after driving his quad bike into a tree while being attacked by a goose.

Jan Pieniazek was chased around a lake by an over-protective male Canadian goose as he tried to collect some grain from a neighbour's garden for his chickens

He jumped on to his quad bike to escape but the hissing bird flew at him, landed on his head and knocked him off course.

Terrified Mr Pieniazek crashed into a tree and was left flat on his back in a field in Cowfold, near Horsham, until a neighbour heard his cries fro help and called 999.

He said: "I went past the lake where there are a pair of canadian geese. The female was sitting on her eggs on an island.

"The male always flaps his wings and hisses to protect the nest but on this occasion, he followed me all the way around the lake.

"Out of the blue he then landed on my head when I got on the quad and I drove straight into a tree.

"I heard a big crack in my leg bone. I was 200 yards fromt he nearest road so I screamed and screamed until a lady from a cottage down the road came to help me."

Paramedics and the Sussex Air Ambulance attended.
An Air ambulance spokesman said: "His tibia bone was protruding through the skin so we anaesthetised him, administered a strong painkiller and reduced the fracture.

"We then splinted his leg and made him more comfortable."
Mr Peiniazek is now recovering at home and is hoping to be back on his feet within six months,

The geese now have a family of six goslings.

staker

See, men can multitask!

Johnny Bitte

:cool:

Mr Benevolent

So now geese can break your arm too? Next thing you know it'll be kittens.

Lord Derpington

An Air ambulance spokesman said: "His tibia bone was protruding through the skin so we anaesthetised him, administered a strong painkiller and reduced the fracture.

OUCH! :eek:

How exactly do you reduce a fracture? if its broken is it not broken till it heals? No amount of pritt-stick will help that.

W.Shakes-Beer

Goose loose in the hoose.

PinkFly

Cowfold, Horsham? The animals are trying to take over! ARGH

ScumLord

According to this food chain chart I have in front of me it shouldn't have gone down that way.

Xivilai

Thanks, i'm glad I had a gander at that

cesc77

Birds are crazy beins alright.

They dont all stalk after you then forcibly sit on your face, whilst youre driving,though.

mores the pity:pac:

deathrider

I'm not going to read that article because there's no possible way it could be more entertaining than the images I got in my head while reasing the thread's title

Rocket19

This puts the b*stard UCD swan to shame

Irish Guitarist

The geese now have a family of six goslings.

I love a happy ending.

prinz

greenfly wrote: »

OUCH! :eek:
How exactly do you reduce a fracture? if its broken is it not broken till it heals? No amount of pritt-stick will help that.

I think they mean they manipulate the leg to get the bone back as close as possible to where it should be, rather than sticking out through his skin.

Overheal

Geese are assholes. They come to my backyard all the time. You get used to their hissing and their charging around the place. Easy enough to scare them off with your boot when they're just after food but yeah I doubt I'd want to **** with them on nesting grounds.

That_Guy

It's remarkable that he knew what nationality these geese were.

Duggy747

See how hard the goose is then when you have a flamethrower.

Instant dinner!

JONJO THE MISER

A word of warning to our Polish cousins perhaps?

ejmaztec

Overheal wrote: »

Geese are assholes. They come to my backyard all the time. You get used to their hissing and their charging around the place. Easy enough to scare them off with your boot when they're just after food but yeah I doubt I'd want to **** with them on nesting grounds.

Who you gonna call?

Goosebusters

argosy2006

Shame a fox didn't play a part in this story

Caoimhín

See thats just the kind of crap that happens to me on a daily basis.

mikemac

Rocket19 wrote: »

This puts the b*stard UCD swan to shame

If you had some drunk naked lad jumping into your water for a dare you'd be angry too

bonzodog2

Oh those crazy dentists ! Before I opened the thread, I thought "Why did he he have a goose in his car anyway ?"

I'm glad they mentioned the family of the goose at the end :D

Seachmall

greenfly wrote: »

How exactly do you reduce a fracture?

Hacksaw.

phill106

Pieniazek, sounds like a polish name?
Probably the goose was a hitman for the swans, seeking out those accused of swan crimes.

Son Of A Vidic

Assuming said fcukwit has two arms and was driving the Quad using them? Could he not have used one of his arms to fling/push the goose from his head? Or was that just too much multitasking for said fcukwit?

Caoimhín

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Assuming said fcukwit has two arms and was driving the Quad using them? Could he not have used one of his arms to fling/push the goose from his head? Or was that just too much multitasking for said fcukwit?

That would require split second thinking.

If I were to sit you on a quad bike and then put a goose on your head id like to see you recite Shakespeare.

Seachmall

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Assuming said fcukwit has two arms and was driving the Quad using them? Could he not have used one of his arms to fling/push the goose from his head? Or was that just too much multitasking for said fcukwit?

Clearly you have never had a goose on your head.

phill106

Caoimhín wrote: »

That would require split second thinking.

If I were to sit you on a quad bike and then put a goose on your head id like to see you recite Shakespeare.

To swerve, or not to swerve,
that is the question
whether tis nobler in mind to suffer the hisses and pecks of a geese,
or by a swerving end them

Kevin Duffy

Why did Sussex Air Ambulance attend? Just for air cover for the troops fighting off the geese?

phill106

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Why did Sussex Air Ambulance attend? Just for air cover for the troops fighting off the geese?

Perhaps it was the flying ducktors?