Angry Buzzard Terrorizing Country Road

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LONDON (Reuters) - An angry buzzard is terrorizing a quiet English country road by dive-bombing passing cyclists, newspapers reported on Friday.

Paul Taylor, 71, said the bird of prey used its beak and claws to rip a three-inch gash in his head as he cycled along the stretch of road near Holsworthy, in Devon, western England.

"I thought at first it was a lorry passing and the wing mirror had somehow caught my head," he told the Daily Mail.

"Then I saw the buzzard swooping in front of me and suddenly there was blood pouring down my head and face."

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