Bird strike! SEAGULL smacks into screaming teenager’s face on 75mph slingshot ride at New Jersey amusement park
- Georgia, 14, and Kiley, 13, went on slingshot ride at New Jersey amusement park
- Footage showed the moment a seagull smacked into Kiley’s face during the ride
- Kiley was forced to pull the seagull from her neck as Georgia stayed oblivious
This is the hilarious moment a seagull smacked into a screaming teenager’s face on a 75mph slingshot ride at a beach-side fairground.
Kiley Holman, 13, decided to try the SpringShot ride at New Jersey‘s Morey’s Pier amusement park while celebrating her friend Georgia Reed’s birthday.
Footage showed the moment a black-headed gull slammed into Kiley’s face as the slingshot propelled forwards.
Realizing what had happened, a stunned Kiley clearly panicked as she grabbed the bird and threw it out of the cage.
Georgia, 14, and Kiley, 13, who live near Weatherly, Pennsylvania, decided to try the SpringShot ride at New Jersey’s Morey’s Pier amusement park while celebrating Georgia’s birthday party. Pictured, the seagull landed on Kiley’s face
It is thought to have escaped uninjured, although it left a few feathers behind.
Kiley’s friend Georgia Reed, 14, who lives near her in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, seemed oblivious to the dramatic encounter as she continued screaming.
Realizing what had happened, a stunned Kiley clearly panics as she grabs the bird and throws it out of the cage
Georgia’s mother, Arena Reed, told Action News she didn’t realize what had happened until the ride had finished.
She added: ‘I saw the wings fall from the vehicle, but at first I thought they were tickets.’
She said the girls couldn’t stop laughing after Kiley explained a seagull had joined them on the ride.
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