Goose hits transformer near UO, cuts power to 350+

EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon issued an alert Tuesday morning just after 10 a.m., warning people to avoid the area of 11th Avenue and Patterson near the Barnhart Hall dormitory.

But what spurred that alert may be surprising.

UO police say they initially received reports of a loud boom in the area and sent out the alert; but after looking into it, they found that a goose had flown into a transformer…

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