The woman called 911 on Wednesday morning to report the incident, saying that a bald eagle had dropped the cat into the passenger side of her front windshield on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, which is located about 65 miles southwest of Asheville.<\/p>\n
It is unclear if the cat slipped from the eagle’s talons or was dropped intentionally.<\/p>\n
“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the driver said on the 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”<\/p>\n
FLORIDA WOMAN WRESTLES ALLIGATOR TO RESCUE PUPPY IT DRAGGED INTO CREEK<\/a><\/p>\n A smashed windshield after a cat carcass crashed into the car along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP)<\/p>\n The dispatcher calmly responded, “Okay. I do believe you, honestly,” before laughing.<\/p>\n The driver said another person also observed the cat dropping from the sky.<\/p>\n “He’s like, ‘That is the craziest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.’ I’m like, ‘Really?'” the driver said.<\/p>\n The dispatcher replied, “Oh my goodness. Let’s see. I’ve heard crazier.”<\/p>\n “Well, that’s terrifying,” the caller responded, prompting more nervous laughter from the dispatcher.<\/p>\n After receiving the driver’s location, the dispatcher said she would send the Highway Patrol<\/a> to conduct a report.<\/p>\n It is unclear if the cat slipped from the eagle’s talons or was dropped intentionally. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “Another question. Is the cat still alive?” the dispatcher asked.<\/p>\n The cat was not alive, and the caller said the cat was on the side of the road rather than inside her vehicle.<\/p>\n “Okay, I have to ask just to make sure,” the dispatcher said.<\/p>\n North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s Kendrick Weeks said the cat could have been roadkill grabbed by the eagle.<\/p>\n “But they can take animals the size of a cat,” he said. “It is much harder for them to take a live cat than a dead cat<\/a>. They usually don\u2019t prey on something they don\u2019t find palatable. And scavenging is a common behavior in bald eagles.”<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nc-eagele-cat-windshield.png\")
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