More Than A Hundred Birds Kill Themselves Crashing Into NASCAR Hall of Fame

Oct 19, 2019 by apost team

The NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., was recently home to a pretty bizarre sight. More than one hundred birds wound up killing themselves on its grounds. These chimney swifts kept striking the buildings' doors and windows, and all of this confused chaos resulted in the deaths of more than 100 of them, severe injuries being suffered by about 100 more, and more than 100 others who were initially stunned but are expected to fully recover in a few days.

As the Charlotte Observer reported, the organization had received what must have been a confusing call about an hour before midnight on Oct. 15. The caller stated that birds kept heading straight towards its buildings before striking it and tragically falling to the ground. One of the most stunning and heartbreaking aspects of this story is that this kept on going for more than an hour. A witness added that some of the birds went to additional buildings to strike those as well after hitting one.

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After Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers were called to the scene, they started the heartbreaking task of picking up the poor animals. Carolina Waterfowl Rescue also got involved and reported in more detail on the injuries that were suffered by the birds that had survived, which included a number of fractures, including of legs and wings.

As many people are aware, birds fly into windows fairly regularly. In fact, about a billion of them die in the United States every year due to doing this. This is generally thought to be the result of both simple accidents and birds being attracted by lights on the other side of those windows. Birds are also more apt to fly into buildings when they migrate. However, according to the Charlotte Observer, a statement released by Audubon North Carolina after this incident claims that it's generally one bird at a time doing so, not so many simultaneously.

It was also pointed out in that statement that migrating chimney swifts tend to rest at dusk, which was around 7 p.m., but what likely caused this issue was their inability to find a place to settle down. As a result of this incident, the NASCAR Hall of Fame has been asked to turn off all of its lights in the evenings.

Have you ever come across a bird that had slammed into a window or a door? We sincerely hope that a bizarre incident like this will not happen again anytime soon.