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Local resident Chase Skakun and his partner, Carolyn McAdam, had a front-row seat to the show, capturing the confrontation on camera.

“Being stuck inside for 14 days you look out the window a lot,” joked McAdam, who’s taking COVID-19 precautions. “It went on for 45 minutes to an hour and we probably watched the whole time.”

Better than any movie, this was a celebrity in plain sight. The turkey, McAdam and Skakun said, was walking around a parking lot without a cluck in the world when officers tried to lure him into the back of a police van.

“(Turk) wasn’t having any of it,” said McAdam.

The officers’ efforts proved fruitless. As Const. Chris Martin said, Turk is not only nimble but highly motivated.

“He’s pretty quick and we didn’t want to hurt him. So, after talking to Fish and Wildlife and animal services, the decision was made to just let him be,” said Martin, describing the event as Turk’s wild adventure.

“Our theory is because everything is shut down because of COVID-19 and there’s less traffic and fewer people out, it’s less intimidating for him, so we’re just going to let him do his thing.”

The big bird is no stranger to urban living.