Ohio Chicken Crosses Road, Maces Driver, Sparks 911 Feathery Standoff

Ohio’s Route 28 traffic cam captured a lone chicken wielding pepper spray during a bizarre confrontation, prompting 911 queries like “can chickens be arrested?” and “animal uses self-defense.” Witnesses watched as the bird maced a startled driver, then strutted off, undeterred by human law. One officer noted, “I’ve seen turkeys chase mailmen, but this is new.”
Unlike your usual barnyard escape, this Route 28 chicken left a motorist blinded and police baffled, with search trends for “chicken legal rights” and “what happens if an animal commits battery” surging. Locals now scan roadside ditches for feathered outlaws, picturing a poultry posse with tiny holsters. “It’s like a barnyard uprising,” quipped a neighbor.
911 dispatchers logged the incident as “first recorded roadside poultry pepper spray,” with the chicken still at large and area drivers carrying goggles just in case.