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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jonathan Blackburn & Adam Maidment

'Massive' angry bird attacks jogger who initially thought he'd been punched by a drunk

A Cheshire man has been left with a gash to his head after a ‘notorious’ bird of prey attacked him whilst jogging.

Gaz Lewis was running along Wood Lane in Sandback when he thought he had been attacked by a drunk passer by. "About halfway down, I felt like someone had jumped out of a hedge and thumped me on the back of the head,” Gaz, 41, explained.

“I turned around expecting to see a drunken man, and there was nothing there. I was completely phased. It genuinely felt like a punch to the back of the head."

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