A driver in western North Carolina narrowly avoided injury after a cat carcass smashed into the passenger side of her car's windscreen. The bizarre incident occurred on a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The unidentified driver, travelling on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, informed a 911 dispatcher that a bald eagle had dropped the feline. Bryson City is located approximately 65 miles (104 kilometres) southwest of Asheville. It remains unclear whether the cat slipped from the eagle's talons on Wednesday morning or was simply discarded by the bird.
