Why turkeys circle dead things—the creepy vigil, explained
There's certainly something compelling about what seems to be an avian black mass afoot. But what's really going on, according to a 2017 blog post from the National Wild Turkey Federation's Mark Hatfield, has more in common with an Instagram influencer's half-hearted attempt at a full moon ritual than any true witchery. In Hatfield's words, “turkeys are very basic.”