Dad says baby son was nearly hit by McDonald's pigeon spike
02.09.2022 - 17:51
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A pigeon spike that fell from the roof of a McDonalds was "inches away" from hitting a baby, the little boy's dad has said.
Danny Cooper, 26, was waiting outside the golden arches near his home in Wallasey with his nine-month-old son, Bob, while his partner went inside. The dad said he suddenly felt something hit his back and realised it was a pigeon spike which he claims had fallen from the roof of the fast-food restaurant, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Speaking to the ECHO, Danny said: "I thought I would sit outside while he was asleep, so I stayed and had a little vape while I was sat outside and waiting. Next minute, all of the sudden something hit me on the back.
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"It was a pigeon spike to keep pigeons off the roof. It was inches away from Bob, which is what made me more worried. I am just thankful it was me rather than Bob."
Danny claims he and his partner have been left "mentally drained" as they keep thinking about the "worst case" scenario of what could have happened to their baby. He added: "Every time I go out now I have to make sure nothing falls on Bob or myself, it is mentally draining me.
"Luckily he was in the pram asleep with the hood over but I was leaning a bit forward so I think that is why it jarred my back. But if I was sat normally it would have properly hit me on the head."
Danny claims he was left in pain after the incident and worried about his work: "It scratched my back and made a few marks on my back, it didn't hurt but as the day went on my back started to really hurt. I think I might have trapped a nerve."
He added: "I still have to go to work and I obviously can't do my work properly because I do