The Kentucky Fried Rooster Story

I recently heard a cute story about a little rooster who is a regular drive-through "customer" at one of the Kentucky Fried Chicken places here in Vicksburg. It seems that "Otis" had been a well-kept secret for quite a while until a recent customer at KFC captured a picture of him and sent it to one of the television stations in Jackson.He has since become a local celebrity of sorts, and has even been featured in a video and newscast by the television station [you can click here to see the video if you'd like]. Yesterday, I decided to try to get some pictures of Otis, and, before I left home, I spoke with a lady at the KFC, and asked if there was a particular time when he made his visits. She said he has been coming almost every day for about two years, but not at any particular time of day. He comes from some nearby woods behind the KFC, and just "shows up." The employees of the KFC think of Otis as their "pet," and sometimes throw biscuit crumbs to him. An article in yesterday's Vicksburg Post revealed that the newspaper knew about Otis, but refrained from running a story about him for fear of him being "chicken-napped." But now that the story's out, I couldn't resist driving by KFC yesterday morning to see if Otis was there -- and I wasn't disappointed! It was before KFC opened, and when I drove up, he was in the drive-through area. He was very camera-shy and ran away when I tried to get closer to him, but a few minutes later, I saw him next door at a convenience store and I managed to get a few pictures of him there. Awwwww, Otis ... don't get your feathers ruffled. I'm not going to hurt you. And he's off and running ... Around the corner he goes! Oh, well ... he's a beautiful rooster, and I was pleased that I at least got to see him and get a few pictures. I hope Otis won't become too "people-shy" after all the publicity and quit coming to the drive-through. Perhaps his love for those KFC biscuit crumbs will prevail over his shyness.