Pigeon Picks Fight

A full-fledged riot broke out in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia over a pigeon. Four people were sent to the hospital, another four were treated at the scene and police were questioning a total of nine people in the brawl. At issue was who owned the bird, it would appear.

Police were called after a fight broke out between two families of pigeon fanciers in a suburb of the southern city of Melbourne over ownership of the prized bird. Four people were taken to hospital after suffering cuts to their heads and hands in the avian affray. Another four people received minor injuries that were treated at the scene.

Victoria state police said they were questioning nine people.

A spokeswoman said the pigeon punch-up was one of the most unusual incidents that officers had been called to resolve.

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard firmly believe that the pigeon caused the whole thing by purposely misleading the people involved. Why? Because it's all part of the animal uprising we keep warning about. Besides, while the people were duking it out, the perfidious pigeon flew off to pick another fight.