'Gobble gobble': Turkey flies into lobster food truck's window
A turkey flew into a food truck while the owners were driving it on the highway just west of Winston-Salem.
The owners of 'Los Gordos Bistro’ are making the best out of a “fowl” situation.
“All we could see was the white belly coming across and we knew it was a turkey, and the next thing you know, it hit," Dan Grayson, owner of Los Gordos Bistro food truck, said.
Grayson said he was driving his lobster roll truck on 421 when a turkey landed on the front window, came across to the side mirror and went through the driver's window.
“The whole floorboard was full with glass; seats were full of glass," Grayson said.
Highway patrol responded and was just as surprised as Grayson and his wife. They told WXII that this is very rare.
“He said you were hit by what? Hit by a turkey?" Grayson said.
Grayson and his wife had some cuts and the truck has about $5,000 worth of damage. They said they’re thankful it wasn’t worse.
“The one thing I would stress is it’s a serious situation. It can come through the window and kill you. The only reason it didn’t come through here is simply because it hit that aluminum A-frame, the window support and then bounced off onto the side and hit the mirrors, but it still came through the side," Grayson said.
Now Grayson is looking at the positives to this fowl incident.
“I would rather for it been on my Thanksgiving plate but the publicity we're getting is really a godsend," Grayson said.
Grayson said they've also booked several appointments since the incident and had a couple corporations reach out.
WXII Reporter Maria DeBone asked, is Grayson thinking of serving something other than lobster now?
“No, we're not adding turkey to our menu, but it was a really wild experience," Grayson said.
Grayson said he’s hoping to have the lobster truck back up and running in a few weeks so people can gobble up the food.
For more information on Los Gordos Bistro's food truck, you can go to their website here.