Bald eagle drops cat carcass onto driver’s windshield in bizarre incident

A driver in North Carolina told the officer that a cat carcass hit his windshield on the highway after the cat was knocked out of the sky by a bald eagle.

The woman called 911 Wednesday morning to report the incident, saying a bald eagle dropped the cat on the passenger side of the windshield on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County near Bryson City, about 65 miles southwest of Asheville.

It is unclear whether the cat slipped from the eagle’s talons or was dropped on purpose.

The driver called 911 and said, “You may not believe me, but I just caused a bald eagle to knock a cat off my windshield.” “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”

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The officer calmly responded, “Okay. Honestly, I believe you,” before laughing.

The driver said another person also saw the cat fall from the sky.

“He said, ‘This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.’ ‘Really?’ “I thought,” said the driver.

The officer replied, “Oh my God. Let’s see. I’ve heard crazier things.”

“Well, that’s scary,” the caller responded, causing the dispatcher to laugh even more nervously.

After locating the driver, the dispatcher said he would send the Highway Patrol to file a report.

It is unclear whether the cat slipped from the eagle’s talons or was dropped on purpose. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“Another question. Is the cat still alive?” he asked.

The cat was not alive and the caller said the cat was on the side of the road and not inside his vehicle.

“Okay, I’ll have to ask just to be sure,” the dispatcher said.

Kendrick Weeks of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said the cat may have been roadkill by the eagle.

“But they can take animals the size of cats,” he said. “It’s much harder for them to pick up a live cat than it is to pick up a dead one. They generally won’t hunt anything they don’t find tasty. Scavenging is also a common behavior for bald eagles.”

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“Honestly, I believe you,” the dispatcher told the driver. ((Photo: Valerio Ferraro/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images))

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Weeks said eagles and other birds of prey may drop prey for a variety of reasons, including poor grip or because the prey is biting or otherwise struggling, and the birds want to avoid harming themselves.

If a bird of prey is harassed by another bird or the prey becomes too heavy to carry, the prey may also fall.

Some birds of prey may also release their prey for killing, but this tactic is unusual for bald eagles.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.