‘Vicious’ Bronx peacock, dubbed Raul, bites man, flees to local park tree: 'I thought I was high'

A man was bitten by a "vicious" peacock that likely escaped the Bronx Zoo in New York on Wednesday night. 

The New York Fire Department (FDNY) responded to a 911 call at approximately 8 p.m. from a man, identified as Mike, who said the escaped peacock bit him after he attempted to assist the brightly plumed bird into safety. 

"We were standing outside chillin’, you know, smoking, you know, whatever and, I thought I was buggin’" Mike told the New York Daily News. "I thought I was high."

Mike shared that he attempted to corral the wild bird, but it quickly lashed out and bit him in the thigh.

"Then the motherf---er flew into the tree," Mike told the outlet. "I didn’t know they could fly."

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