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In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks to the Alaska Turkey Bomb.

For the third straight year, a resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can’t simply run out to the grocery store.

Alaska is mostly wilderness, with only about 20% of it accessible by road. In winter, many who live in remote areas rely on small planes or snowmobiles to travel any distance, and frozen rivers can act as makeshift roads.

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[–] Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

"The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!"

Always fun to share on thanksgiving: https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 16 hours ago

patching a hole in his roof caused by a 20lbs frozen turkey dropped from the sky

"This is some bullshit!"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Pheonixdown@lemm.ee 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I've literally seen a group of wild Turkeys flutterjumping around in treetops, it broke my worldview.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

They roost up there for safety! Really interesting to see them fly, they can't do it for extended periods of time but they can really get up there.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 5 points 22 hours ago

Fucking beat me to it

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

After reading New York is building a skyscraper ~~prison~~ jail I see this. We live in dystopia 2.0 right now.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

New York is building a skyscraper prison

Made me think of the Judge Dredd remake Blocks. They weren't prisons, but the towering out of place building in China town.

https://judgedredd.fandom.com/wiki/Block?file=640px-Dredd-Film-City-View.png

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

This is super fun and heart warming. Love it!