This car mechanic didn’t believe his eyes when he saw feathers sticking out from inside the engine bay but a chicken was somehow wedged in there and was the source of a pesky coolant leak.

You wouldn’t believe it till you’ve seen it. According to a Florida car mechanic in a Facebook post that’s since gone viral from earlier this week (Feb. 18, 2019) a customer brought in an SUV complaining about a mysterious coolant leak that’s been plaguing their cooling system on their 2017 Ford Expedition. A quick inspection underneath the hood revealed the cause rather quickly, a full-sized chicken somehow got wedged inside the engine next to the accessory belts, knocking one of the belts supplying coolant, off. If you still don’t believe me, check his gallery of photos below.

According to some commenters who have first-hand knowledge of the situation, it looks like the owners of this 2017 Ford Expedition were driving along on what has to be a rural road when, unbeknownst to them, they literally picked up a chicken through the bottom of their engine bay.

In all likelihood, this Expedition probably had one of those large Triton 4V V8’s under the hood, a sizeable engine in a large engine bay, it’s understandable that something might get wedged in there.

Presumably, the chicken knocked the aforementioned coolant belt out of its track which caused the water pump to stop turning. From there it was only a matter of time before their relatively new Expedition started overheating, promptly signaling the start of what was probably a roadside service call and tow.

The funniest and most fortunate part of this whole ordeal was that the chicken was still alive. The fact that they returned said chicken either means they probably know who this chicken belongs to or it’s there’s. Florida amirite?

It’s happy ending for all parties and this mechanic walked away with one of the wildest stories he’s probably ever encountered, some fowl play involved.

Source: Jeremy Ross