A retired dentist suffered a broken leg after driving his quad bike into a tree while being attacked by a goose.
Jan Pieniazek was chased around a lake by an over-protective male Canadian goose as he tried to collect some grain from a neighbour's garden for his chickens.
He jumped on to his quad bike to escape but the hissing bird flew at him, landed on his head and knocked him off course.
Terrified Mr Pieniazek crashed into a tree and was left flat on his back in a field in Cowfold, near Horsham, until a neighbour heard his cries fro help and called 999.
He said: I went past the lake where there are a pair of canadian geese. The female was sitting on her eggs on an island.
The male always flaps his wings and hisses to protect the nest but on this occasion, he followed me all the way around the lake.
Out of the blue he then landed on my head when I got on the quad and I drove straight into a tree.
I heard a big crack in my leg bone. I was 200 yards fromt he nearest road so I screamed and screamed until a lady from a cottage down the road came to help me.
Paramedics and the Sussex Air Ambulance attended.
An Air ambulance spokesman said: His tibia bone was protruding through the skin so we anaesthetised him, administered a strong painkiller and reduced the fracture.
We then splinted his leg and made him more comfortable.
Mr Peiniazek is now recovering at home and is hoping to be back on his feet within six months,
The geese now have a family of six goslings.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...-into-tree-while-being-attacked-by-goose.html
Jan Pieniazek was chased around a lake by an over-protective male Canadian goose as he tried to collect some grain from a neighbour's garden for his chickens.
He jumped on to his quad bike to escape but the hissing bird flew at him, landed on his head and knocked him off course.
Terrified Mr Pieniazek crashed into a tree and was left flat on his back in a field in Cowfold, near Horsham, until a neighbour heard his cries fro help and called 999.
He said: I went past the lake where there are a pair of canadian geese. The female was sitting on her eggs on an island.
The male always flaps his wings and hisses to protect the nest but on this occasion, he followed me all the way around the lake.
Out of the blue he then landed on my head when I got on the quad and I drove straight into a tree.
I heard a big crack in my leg bone. I was 200 yards fromt he nearest road so I screamed and screamed until a lady from a cottage down the road came to help me.
Paramedics and the Sussex Air Ambulance attended.
An Air ambulance spokesman said: His tibia bone was protruding through the skin so we anaesthetised him, administered a strong painkiller and reduced the fracture.
We then splinted his leg and made him more comfortable.
Mr Peiniazek is now recovering at home and is hoping to be back on his feet within six months,
The geese now have a family of six goslings.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...-into-tree-while-being-attacked-by-goose.html
