Unexplained Pigeon Deaths in Alton

By Margaret Lyons in News on Sep 9, 2008 6:25PM

"Dozens" of pigeons are dying in downstate Alton, IL, and some residents fear a nefarious character is poisoning the birds.

The evidence? Numerous sluggish pigeons resisting peoples' efforts to shoo them away as they stay put for hours before dying; others flopping about in death throes; pigeon corpses lying about city streets and sidewalks; and unexplainable, random deposits of hard corn kernels left throughout Downtown, raising concerns that they might be poisonous.