Taxi Driver's 'Pet Crow' Amazes Passenger It Flies Beside Cab
A video showing a taxi passenger feeding the cab driver’s “pet crow” as it flies beside the car has gone viral on TikTok.
The astonishing footage was captured by in the Irish city of Cork by Abbie Cashman Lynch, who said she had just left her job at Cork Airport and found her own vehicle had a flat tire, forcing her to take a taxi home.
Speaking to Storyful, Abbie said she had noticed a crow perched on cab driver’s window, but said “it flew away when he started to drive.” A few moments later, however, the driver told her to look out the window and she spotted the semi-wild crow flying alongside them.
“He asked did I want to feed the crow, and I said yes, of course!” Abbie said. “It was a crazy experience, but everything bad that led up to that moment between the tire and not being able to make it home made the moment even greater.”
In the video, Abbie is heard laughing in disbelief. “Wait – I’m so confused. Is that actually your crow?”
“That’s my crow,” jokes the taxi driver, Rory McHugh, before saying: “It’s not my crow, it’s a crow, and…it’s a wild crow, and he gets fed. Do you want to feed him?”
Rory then hands Abbie a small piece of a chocolate-covered cookie, known as a biscuit in Ireland, which she feeds to the crow out her window, sparking uproarious laughter from them both.
As Rory feeds another piece to the crow, he advises Abbie to hold the food higher to avoid injury. “If you hold it way too low, he will bite your finger,” he laughs.
In captions on the video, Abbie said she had been having the “worst day ever” and thanked the Rory for picking her up and lifting her spirits.
After the video went viral, Rory told the Irish radio station RTE Radio 1 that the crow recognizes various taxi drivers and cars outside the airport and is fed by several people. “He even recognizes when I change cars,” Rory told the host.
However, Rory said it appeared that his car was the only vehicle the crow would fly alongside. “If you go too fast, the crow cant keep up…and if you go too slow, it’ll perch on the wing mirror,” he explained. Credit: Abbie Cashman Lynch via Storyful
Video transcript
ABBIE LYNCH: Oh my god. He's following. Wait, is that actually your crow?
- That's my crow.
ABBIE LYNCH: Wait. I'm so confused.
- He's my crow. He's a crow. He lives right there. He's a wild crow, and he gets fed. You want to feed him?
ABBIE LYNCH: Yeah, I'll feed him.
- OK. Open your window.
ABBIE LYNCH: OK.
[GIGGLING]
- Hold it right there.
ABBIE LYNCH: OK.
- Hold it up.
ABBIE LYNCH: OK.
- You got it?
ABBIE LYNCH: Yeah. Oh my god!
[GIGGLING]
[SCREAMS]
Oh my gosh!
- What are you making out of this?
ABBIE LYNCH: [LAUGHING] I'm actually in shock. This is just-- oh! He's following me again. Look! He has it.
- [INAUDIBLE] by me.
[LAUGHING]
You had it way too low. He will bite your finger.
ABBIE LYNCH: This is crazy. Like, this is amaz--
- You want to finish the biscuit?
ABBIE LYNCH: Yeah, sure.
[LAUGHTER]
I am in shock!
Oh, my god! He's following. Wait, is that actually your crow?
- That's my crow.
ABBIE LYNCH: Wait. I'm so confused.
- He's my crow. He's a crow. He lives right there. He's a wild crow. And he gets fed. You want to feed him?
ABBIE LYNCH: Yeah, I'll feed him.
- OK. Open your window.
ABBIE LYNCH: OK.
[GIGGLING]
- Hold it. Hold it right there, OK?
ABBIE LYNCH: OK.
- Hold it up.
ABBIE LYNCH: OK.
- You got it?
ABBIE LYNCH: Yeah. Oh, my God!
[GIGGLING]
[SCREAMS]
Oh my gosh!
- What are you making out of this?
ABBIE LYNCH: [LAUGHING] I am actually in shock. This is just-- oh, he's following me again. Look, he has--
- [INAUDIBLE] by me.
[LAUGHTER]
- You had it way too low. He will bite your finger.
ABBIE LYNCH: This is crazy. Like, this is am--
- Do you want to finish the biscuit.
ABBIE LYNCH: Yeah, sure.
[LAUGHTER]
I am in shock.