Boy kills 443 chickens.

[Unamused Cat]

Hundreds of chickens have been found dead in eastern China - and a court has ruled that the cause of death was the screaming of a four-year-old boy who in turn had been scared by a barking dog.

According to a local newspaper, the bizarre sequence events began when the boy arrived at a village home in the eastern province of Jiangsu in the summer with his father who was delivering bottles of gas.

A villager was quoted as saying the little boy bent over the hen house window, screaming for a long time, after being scared by the dog.

"One neighbour told police that he had heard the boy's crying that afternoon and another villager confirmed the boy screaming by the hen house window," the newspaper said.

A court ruled the boy's screaming was "the only unexpected abnormal sound" and that the 443 chickens trampled each other to death in fear.

The boy's father was ordered to pay around £117 in compensation to the owner of the chickens.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=34513&in_page_id=2

[Mom of 4]

:rofl: I can't think or anything to say because I am laughing so hard!

[Lizard]

I probably could've killed these chickens with my singing.

But seriously--chickens dropping dead because of a child's screams? Is this like the old Memorex commercials, except it's chickens instead of crystal?

[GoldenChild20k]

I probably could've killed these chickens with my singing.

But seriously--chickens dropping dead because of a child's screams? Is this like the old Memorex commercials, except it's chickens instead of crystal?

Well, it's possible, chickens are easily scared and can be frightened to death by a sudden, strange noise. For example, when trains first came through parts of the countryside that had been untouched before, there were heaps of reports of sheep, cows and poultry panicking at the new roaring sound, and either dropping dead, or bolting and injuring themselves in a panic.

But as for this story...I think it's a bit of a stretch, at the very least. Maybe...just maybe...they were in a confined space and once they started panicking they just kept setting each other off until 433 of them were dead, but still...I call shenanigans. SHENANIGANS I SAY!

[Angel]

At least he didn't CHOKE his chickens....:rolleyes:

[Wends]

Trying to laugh here. Really trying to laugh.

You know... I can see this. Having played too many times in my Uncle Bob's chicken coops when visiting him in SD, I can actually see this.

443 still sounds like an extreme stretch, but the visuals...

I'm going to choke to death if I continue trying to laugh at this.

Thanks for the grin.

[Unamused Cat]

It was a chicken stampede.

[Dark Star]

It was a chicken stampede.

Hahahhahaahahhaaha!!!!!