Man possibly killed by pigeon poo?

As deaths go, it would certainly rank as one of the more bizarre ones if the bird droppings were found to be culpable. Craig Taylor was sheltering under said awning on December 7 2007 at Balgowlah, during a storm, when it collapsed.

It was known to contain a large quantity of pigeon droppings, from birds that had made the awning their home. Some live birds and nests were even found in the wreckage. The council is examining whether a combination of rain water and the droppings were too much for the awning’s stuts to take.


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