""You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield," the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. "It absolutely shattered my windshield." Any reservations about calling in such a story were put to rest when the dispatcher calmly responded, "OK. I do believe you, honestly," then laughed. The driver relayed that another person also saw the cat drop, remarking, "He's like, 'That is the craziest thing I've ever seen.' I'm like, 'Really?'""
"The dispatcher offered some assurance, saying, "Oh my goodness. Let's see. I've heard crazier." "Well, that's terrifying," the caller said, to which the dispatcher replied with more nervous laughter, "Yeah." After getting the driver's location, the dispatcher said she would send the Highway Patrol to do a report. "Another question," the dispatcher asked. "Is the cat still alive?" The caller said it wasn't, but noted that the cat was on the side of the road and not in her car."
A motorist on U.S. Route 74 near Bryson City reported that a bald eagle dropped a cat through the passenger-side windshield, shattering the glass. The driver escaped injury and the cat was found dead on the roadside, not inside the vehicle. A 911 dispatcher responded calmly, believed the caller, and arranged for the Highway Patrol to file a report. A witness also saw the cat fall. A wildlife official suggested the eagle may have scavenged roadkill but noted that bald eagles can carry animals the size of a cat while taking a live cat would be much harder.
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