I have come across,
many strange and downright weird competitions, but this must be strangest, the European Gull Screeching Championship, it took place in the
Belgian town of Adinkerke, seagull imitators from all over Europe flocked
to the completion, the event took place in a local pub and required competitors
to channel their inner gull, both vocally and physically, while the emphasis of
the competition was on the sound produced by participants, with a maximum of 15
points being awarded for the best screeching sounds, participants could also
score up to 5 points by putting on a proper performance, some just flapped
their arms in a gull-like manner, others wore seagull-style beaks on top
of their heads, and a few actually wore gull costumes to impress the judges,
“People have come together to make the best imitation of the sound of a gull, which sounds quite stupid, but it is real science,” Jan Seys, a scientist from the Flanders Marine Institute and a judge in this year’s contest, said. “Before you can really imitate a gull, you have to make nice observations otherwise you’ll never make it.” and the winners were Reggy Laatsch, 31, from Amsterdam and Bregje Iding, 21, from Hasselt in Belgium, I guess after the completion they flew home, seagull pictured on our trip to Venice.
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