Shooting a Loud Parrot During a NASCAR Race Is Probably An Overreaction

We all want our peace and quiet during sporting events that we watch at home. How else would we get the endless insights of people like Joe Morgan? Because I’m not a big-time NASCAR watcher, I can’t really speak to what kind of powerful lessons and nuggets are being given out during the weekly left-turn fest, but I can tell you that Dennis Zeglin was really interested in hearing whatever was being said.↵↵⇥A 67-year-old Randolph man is accused of using a BB gun to kill the family pet of 20 years — an African grey parrot named “Mikey” — because the creature annoyed him while he watched a NASCAR race.↵⇥↵⇥[...]↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥Zeglin’s wife told police she was in an upstairs room of the home when she heard three shots. She stated she went downstairs and saw the dead parrot and her husband in his living room chair, police reports said.↵⇥

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↵⇥↵⇥The alleged shooter was sitting in a chair in his living room when police walked in, and reached behind the chair to hand them a Daisy Powerline Model 93, CO2-powered BB gun he later admitted to using to kill Mikey, according to a police report.↵⇥

↵↵↵Zeglin underwent counseling to address alcoholism. Shockingly, a person who decides it’s a sane and rational next step to shoot a freaking 20-year-old family pet for being loud during the Pocono 500 was drinking.↵

↵↵We can only hope the bird was give a proper burial rather than being sold to the blind kid next door.↵
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↵(Via Sarah Schorno’s Twitter)↵

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