Vicious duck described by expert as young punk terrorizes Florida neighborhood, attacking elderly residents

What the duck?! An aggressive duck has been terrorizing a sleepy Florida neighborhood and attacking its elderly residents — even bloodying one local, according to reports.The federally protected Muscovy duck — who’s since been named Jimmy — has chased several people with its wings spread out in attack mode and brazenly bit a resident while he was sleeping on the otherwise quiet street in Cape Coral, according to Fox 4.James Sepulveda was bitten by the vicious waterfowl last week.

He has lived in the neighborhood for nearly three decades – but it was the first time a duck has ever drawn blood on his own porch, he told the local station.“I sit on my porch, 7 to 7:30 at this time of the year to catch a sunset, you know, some sun, and I had my eyes closed.All of a sudden, I felt a jab on my hand and it was bleeding,” Sepulveda told Fox 4.The black duck — which is native to Texas and several Latin American countries, but not Florida — was the culprit, he said.

Although the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects the breed of duck, Sepulveda said that if it attacks and injures people, it should be shown no mercy. “They should be gotten rid of,” he said.Sepulveda unwrapped his bandage to show the Fox reporter the injury to his hand.During his interview, he also squared off with the duck, which was menacing him on his driveway.“You want to walk,” Sepulveda asked.

“Walk the other way.”At one point, Fox 4 reporter Bella Line needed to run away from the duck as it chased her. Sepulveda wasn’t the only one outraged by the foul fowl.His neighbor, Richard Guy, also had an encounter with the belligerent bird. “I stood up and I made some noises, thinking it would go away, duck, you know, next thing I know, its wings come out you know like it’s going to attack me,” Guy told Fox 4.Luckily for the local residents, Mark Quadrozzi with “Remarkable Resques” saved the day.He captured the unruly duck, whom he has named Jimmy, on Wednesday and br...