Tosa residents say postal workers won't deliver mail on their street due to turkey takeover
Tosa residents WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Whether it's the birds chirping or flowers blooming, spring has a way of showing up. In Wauwatosa, it strutted in and took the mail with it.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is reportedly no match for the Wauwatosa turkeys on Church Street.
“Terrorizing? No man, they’re crazy! They’re fun,” said Kevin Pulz, a Wauwatosa resident. “It’s the truck, it’s the uniform. Watch out. They’re gonna dog you.”
Some people in Wauwatosa say their mail is no longer being delivered because turkeys are attacking their mail carriers.
"He tripped on the curb, fell into the street, which was really unfortunate, so of course we came running out with brooms and sticks to chase them away,” said Pulz.
We reached out to USPS for comment but didn’t hear back.
“We just consider them like our little pet of the area,” said Grant Schroder, a Wauwatosa resident. “Usually they leave us alone, but according to my mail man, who won’t deliver my mail anymore, they’re too much to handle.”
There is one final line of defense: Tater Tot, the dog.
“Oh, absolutely, she’s the protector of Church Street,” said Keenan Pulz, Wauwatosa resident and Tater Tot’s owner.
So now, if you live here, you have to pick your mail up at the post office – at least for the time being.
“They just roam around, sometimes peck at people. They got a lot of personality,” said Schroder.
