The Turkey On The Water Tower

One day, a man came upon two young fellows standing on the side of the road, shooting at the town water tower.  The man, being a public-spirited sort, stopped to tell them that this was a bad idea, and to put a stop to it.

One of them replied "But there's a turkey on top of the tower.  It's got to be the biggest wild turkey I've ever seen, and we can't hit 'im."  The man looked, and sure enough, there was a big turkey on the top of the tower.  So, he got out his gun and took a couple of his best shots, but he missed too.

Just then one of the local law (this was in the 50's or 60's, so y'all get over it) got there and told them to stop shooting in the "city".   They showed him the turkey, and explained that they couldn't hit it.  And HE got his gun and took a couple of shots, to show them what idiots they were to miss a turkey that big.  The turkey just sat there.

About that time, the Sherrif showed up, and was not impressed.  They showed him the turkey, and he just shook his head.  He went back to his car, got his rifle with a scope (they thought "Oh yeah, he'll get him with THAT!") and let them see through the scope that they had not only shot up the vent at the top of the tower, but had riddled the tower with holes, which were leaking steadily.

I think it cost them all a couple of thousand dollars to clean the lead shot out the tank, and plug the holes.

When I lived near the tower in 1968-1975, the vent still looked just like a real big turkey...but I don't think anybody else ever took a shot at it.

I went home not too long ago, and they had finally torn down the old tank.