where they dropped domestic turkeys from a helicopter as a promotion. Afterwards, a visibly shaken station owner said, "As God is my witness, I thought they could fly!"

According to this source, the turkey-bombing wasn't imaginary. Advertising Age, a trade magazine, discovered while doing a story on radio promotional stunts that it was based on a real incident in Dallas. The launching point there was a speeding truck, not a helicopter, but the result was the same: instant turkey loaf.
-- Alexander Auerbach, LOS ANGELES TIMES, 1979

Domestic turkeys are among the dumbest animals on Earth. Legend has it that if it starts raining, they'll tilt their heads back for a drink and stay there until they drown (sounds like an urban legend, doesn't it?).

Wild turkeys are a different animal altogether. They're smart and very elusive. I've seen them a few times in rural Alabama but never for more than a few seconds. As soon as they realize they're being watched, they disappear.

While I'm on the subject of turkeys, I'm reminded of a story by boss has told a few times. He's a retired B-52 navigator with a lot of "war stories." One of them involves a 3 ship formation flight, low level and high speed, where the lead navigator decided to take a shortcut to make up for lost time. Unfortunately, they overflew prohibited airspace over a large commercial turkey farm. The noise from the planes stampeded the turkeys resulting in 50,000 deaths. As soon as they landed, they were called into their CO's office and asked, "Precisely where were you as 12:13?" They answered, "If you know that, you know where we were." The Air Force paid the damages and after a few weeks of turkey jokes, the incident faded into squadron folklore - until the next Thanksgiving. My boss was on alert, so when he walked into the chow hall for Thanksgiving dinner, there was a big banner that read, "This dinner complements of Crew XX-XX."