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If you were mentally scarred by the Alfred Hitchcock thriller
The Birds, you may not want to watch this video. For everyone else, this is a rather perplexing event. It appears that thousands of pigeons are released from a
Volvo truck at the command of a whistle. It looks visually stunning, but for what purpose? Well, we're note entirely sure, but it looks to be the simultaneous release at the start of a major pigeon race.
Now, we don't suspect that Volvo has eschewed its self-titled
Volvo Ocean Race for a more avian-inspired competition. We're also not quite sure where this competition is being held, but it may be an annual event, as we also found a similar video with a different
MAN rig on YouTube that was posted in 2011. but if you have even the slightest case of
Ornithophobia, you best steer clear of this feathered mob. Otherwise, check out the video of this massive flock on the move in the video
below. We've even thrown in a video of the gas station scene from Hitchcock's 1963 classic to get you in the mood.
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