By Michael Armstrong

Homer Independent Press

A man reported the theft of a rack of ribs from his grocery cart in the Safeway parking lot last Thursday evening. The man told Homer Police that about 7:20 p.m. he had placed a pack of ribs on the handrail of his cart, and someone swooped in and took them. 

“When he turned around, he saw our nation’s symbol flying off with said ribs,” police said in a report.  “The reporting party wanted it known that he has no hard feelings towards the eagle, and the eagle appreciated the donation to its survival fund.”

A bald eagle family is known to hang out in a nest near the Homer Bypass and Lake Street stoplight about two blocks east of Safeway, but it is unknown if the eagles living there were involved in the ribs snatching. 

Gangs of avian thieves, including a group of crows called a “murder,” are known to frequent grocery store parking lots in Homer and steal unattended food.