Dominic Ehrler, 65, a retired investor, befriended a goose that began
following him around Echo Park ten months ago and she now meets him
every day at 8 a.m., reports LA Times.
“When she first started following me around like a dog I got goose
bumps,” Ehrler said. “David Foster, one of the parks people here,
finally introduced me to her. He said, ‘You know you’re being stalked!
Her name is Maria.
Ever since then Maria greets Ehrler when he rides his bright red motor
scooter down the hill from his Figueroa Terrace condo and then she leads
him around the lake as Ehrler pulls out a bag of tortillas retrieved
from a store trash bin and feeds the park’s other geese.
Ehrler said Maria is very protective and will peck and bite at strangers
who come too close to him. He said their daily encounters end with him
riding off on his scooter and her following closely in the air until he
circles back to the park and delays her with a fence.
Ehrler said he will follow Maria if the city follows through on plans to
relocate her and the park’s other geese while Echo Park is renovated.
“They’re supposed to collect the birds and truck them to another lake. I
plan to follow her there, because when you have a friend like this you
don’t want to lose her,” he said.
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