Couple Vows to Seal Doggie Door After Vulture Enters House

A vulture perched in the living room was not a sight that a couple in Roswell, Georgia, expected when they returned to their house after being out for 15 minutes on June 10.

Footage recorded by Jacob Totri’s door camera shows him and fiancee Vernalisa Rouguex entering the house, then darting out.

Totri told Storyful that he and Rouguex instinctively “fled the scene” after they were startled by the “astonishing” sight. They called their dog to come outside before going back into the house, with footage from Totri showing the scavenger in the living room.

“We’re never opening that doggie door again,” Rouguex can be heard saying, after Totri said she thought the vulture used it to get in the house.

He said that his fiancee armed herself with two umbrellas and chased the large bird out of their home “in a triumphant Mary Poppins-like stance.”

The bird eventually “found solace” on a neighboring house, Totri said. Credit: Jacob Totri via Storyful

Video transcript

JACOB TOTRI: Oh! OK.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: What?

JACOB TOTRI: Holy [MUTED]. A vulture in the house.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: A what?

JACOB TOTRI: A [MUTED] vulture.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: Liar.

JACOB TOTRI: Swear to god.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: Liar. What are you talking about?

JACOB TOTRI: That scared me.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: What are you-- where's Georgia? Is she OK? Georgia. What vulture?

JACOB TOTRI: Georgia.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: Come here.

JACOB TOTRI: Come on.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: What vulture? What are you talking about?

JACOB TOTRI: I'm going to go get a video.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: Oh, my god.

JACOB TOTRI: Oh, my god, I'm scared.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: Where is it? Do you see it?

JACOB TOTRI: Yes. It's in the living room, on the [MUTED] table.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: It's on the table? All right. I'm opening the garage. How the [MUTED] did it get in the house?

JACOB TOTRI: Through the doggy door.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: We're never opening that dog door again. I'm going to get it. Hold on. Let me get the umbrella.

JACOB TOTRI: Is it coming?

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: No. I don't know. Get the [MUTED] out of here. Go! [MUTED] got it.

JACOB TOTRI: [MUTED] vulture, man.

VERNALISA ROUGUEX: What in the [MUTED]?