'I didn't know what it was': Chinatown crow attack victim says he was blindsided and pecked multiple times
Crows were in the news recently when they attacked elderly men in Chinatown who were apparently balding or bald.AsiaOne was at the scene on Friday (April 24) and talked to some of them who were attacked.Chang Yeng Yew, 67, is one of them.He told AsiaOne that he was pecked at least thrice as he was walking in the area.«It flew over and I was shocked because I didn't know what it was,» he said. «It pecked my head two to three times, there was nothing I could do about it.»Chang, who runs a fried bee hoon stall at Block 335 in Chinatown, said that he wasn't afraid of the birds — but rather angry.When asked if he might have prepared something to protect himself from future attacks, Chang said that he did not.«I'll just let it happen,» he dismissed with a laugh.Thin-haired targetsTang May Yuet, 62, witnessed how Chang was attacked and pointed out how he has got more wary of the birds since.She said she started noticing such attacks from April 19.«I'd see crows flying all over the area — those with especially thin hair seemed to be the target,» Tang said in Mandarin.