Some wild turkeys, it appears, were trying to get out of New Jersey before Thanksgiving. NJ Transit officials reported seeing a dozen or so wild turkeys waiting on a Ramsey train station platform Wednesday. The line continues to New York after going through Mahwah, where wild turkeys also caused a minor traffic accident. It was not clear whether they were the same birds as the ones in Ramsey. The towns are about 2.5 miles apart.Dan Stessel, a spokesman for NJ Transit, said the sighting at the station wasn't a joke.
"For a moment, it looked like the turkeys were waiting for the next outbound train," he said. "Clearly, they're trying to catch a train and escape their fate."
NJ Transit workers began noticing the birds about 1:45 p.m. and followed their movements on surveillance cameras. A still photo shows a woman with a Macy's shopping bag near the turkeys. The birds left and returned to the platform about an hour later.
Police in Ramsey, a town about 20 miles northwest of New York City, heard about the birds, too. A dispatcher said the department had received three calls Wednesday about a dozen turkeys traveling together. They also caused a problem with car traffic Wednesday morning.