{"id":397626,"date":"2025-11-22T20:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/397626\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:09:16","slug":"driver-makes-unbelievable-911-call-i-just-had-a-bald-eagle-drop-a-cat-through-my-windshield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/397626\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver makes unbelievable 911 call: \u2018I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRYSON CITY, N.C. \u2014 A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City<\/a>, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles southwest of Asheville.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle\u2019s talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn\u2019t have a taste for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,\u201d the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. \u201cIt absolutely shattered my windshield.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any reservations about calling in such a story were put to rest when the dispatcher calmly responded, \u201cOK. I do believe you, honestly,\u201d then laughed.<\/p>\n

The driver relayed that another person also saw the cat drop, remarking, \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018That is the craziest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Really?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The dispatcher offered some assurance, saying, \u201cOh my goodness. Let\u2019s see. I\u2019ve heard crazier.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, that\u2019s terrifying,\u201d the caller said, to which the dispatcher replied with more nervous laughter, \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n

After getting the driver\u2019s location, the dispatcher said she would send the Highway Patrol to do a report. \u201cAnother question,\u201d the dispatcher asked. \u201cIs the cat still alive?\u201d<\/p>\n

The caller said it wasn\u2019t, but noted that the cat was on the side of the road and not in her car.<\/p>\n

\u201cOk, I have to ask just to make sure,\u201d the dispatcher said.<\/p>\n

–By COREY WILLIAMS\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

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