By Chuck Nowlin
Jul 23, 2021
Kiley Holman was celebrating her friend Georgia Reed's 14th birthday at the Morey's Piers amusement park in New Jersey. While they waited, buckled into the Sling Shot ride, they had no idea what a birthday thrill was coming.
As they were launched skyward, a seagull flew right into Kiley's face and lodged itself between the harness and her chin. Kiley had to peel the bird away with her hand. Good times...
In the video, Holman can be heard screaming "a bird flew on my face" while Reed was oblivious beside her, although she did have some other descriptive words of her own. Kiley ended up with a tiny scratch and a great story to tell, as did the bird, he flew away unharmed. Check it out...