Family’s Pet Chicken Found Missing

It was this morning at 7 o’clock. Michelle Franklin, 39 was getting up to let out her pet chicken. She got to the chicken coop which had recently been converted from a child’s playhouse, and found something that shook her entire being. Michelle later told police that her legs trembled and she almost lost her balance when she saw the wood door tore away from its hinges and the deep claw marks on either side.

Franklin, a native of Colorado had been living at this house with her two brothers for 20 years. Her and her family had hatched and raised flocks of chickens and domestic mallards for a long time. They’ve had racoon attacks, skunk attacks, and alley cat attacks. But nothing was as severe or as trying as this. “What could do such a thing?” Michelle asked police. “It looks like something you see in the movies.”

Given recent reports of pigeon carcasses found throughout the area, police are speculating whether or not this is the work of an animal or a crazed human being. “We don’t have any leads to make any kind of a case just yet,” Sgt. Ollman of the Jefferson County Police Department stated. “When we find out more about these attacks, we’ll be able to tell you more.” They still have not ruled out the possibility that this is the work of a large animal migrating east.

Apparently, recently divorced Franklin discovered the brown feathers of her Cochin Bantam blowing around a bloody pile of remains a few feet from the back fence. She is mourning the loss of her chicken as any pet lover would. “It’s hard, I raised him from a chick and saw him through the worst times of his long life,” Franklin commented. “It may only be a chicken to some people,” her brother, Jack, 56 stated. “But, that chicken was like family to us.” The chicken was almost a record-setting 12 years old.