WATCH: Aggressive goose attacks, chases students on Florida campus

IF YOU’VE BEEN TO LAKE EOLA IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, YOU’RE PROBABLY USED TO WALKING PAST THE SWANS, THE GEESE, THE DUCKS. USUALLY THEY DON’T BOTHER ANYONE AND JUST KIND OF LET YOU WALK ON BY. BIRD HAD A DIFFERENT AGENDA ATTACK SOMEBODY. HE JUST ATTACKED THIS FEMALE THAT WAS WALKING BY I’M TALKING ABOUT. JUMPED ON HER, PULLED HER HAIR AND EVERYTHING. YOU HEAR ME? THAT’S WHY NOBODY WANT TO WALK AROUND THIS. CANADIAN GEESE ARE TERRORIZING STUDENTS. OH MY GOODNESS. THIS IS AT FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY IN TALLAHASSEE. OKAY, WE’RE NOT LAUGHING AT THE PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST A WILD BIRD. OKAY, SO NIKKI OWENS TOOK THIS VIDEO AFTER SHE SAW THE GOOSE ATTACK. A STUDENT YOU COULD SEE IT WAS CHASING AFTER SEVERAL OF THEM AS THEY WERE WALKING TO CLASS, BUT IT DIDN’T EVEN STOP THERE. EVERYBODY ELSE GOT. OH OH OH OH. OH OH WAIT. SHE FELL OKAY. OH MY GOODNESS. OKAY. THIS GIRL, SHE GOT UP. SHE SHOOK. SHE WAS SHOCKED BUT SHE LAUGHED IT OFF. OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS? I FEEL LIKE ALL EVERYONE, INCLUDING US, ARE LAUGHING BECAUSE OF THE SHOCK AT THIS, INCLUDING THE GIRL THAT DOVE TO THE FLOOR. WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THIS? IMAGINE I DON’T WANT TO IMAGINE. NO, IT WOULD BE TERRIFIED. YEAH, I LOVE A GIRL NOT HELPING ANYONE, JUST SITTING IN THE CAR THINKING, OH MY GOODNESS, NOT WARNING ANYBODY. NO, NO. OKAY, CANADIAN GEESE WILL DO THAT. WE HAD THEM WHEN I LIVED IN OHIO. CANADIAN GEESE WERE A THING, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WAS TOLD WHEN I MOVED. THERE WAS JUST, JUST DON’T GET TOO CLOSE. I JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER NOT WANTING TO FEED ANY GEESE OR BECAUSE THEN THEY GET AGGRESSIVE AND THEY COME AT YOU, THE

WATCH: Aggressive goose attacks, chases students on Florida campus

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Updated: 8:35 AM EST Mar 5, 2026

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A video captured the moment students at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee were terrorized by a Canadian goose. The footage shows the aggressive bird attacking a student and chasing several others as they walked to class. One student is seen falling to the floor while running away from the goose. The person quickly gets up, shocked, and tries to laugh off the encounter.>> Watch the full encounter in the video player above.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —

A video captured the moment students at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee were terrorized by a Canadian goose.

The footage shows the aggressive bird attacking a student and chasing several others as they walked to class.

One student is seen falling to the floor while running away from the goose. The person quickly gets up, shocked, and tries to laugh off the encounter.

>> Watch the full encounter in the video player above.