Ghost Hurt Bird

This bird is regularly referred to as by many names, including Ghost Bird. It was first mentioned in the podcast as New Year's Eve Bird, offered on display by Doctor Birdman for New Year's Eve of 2013. However, the bird, described only as an exotic bird with blue color and eyes that can stare into your soul, escaped. It was later recaptured by Doctor Birdman's henchman Jimmy, but was injured in the process. Doctor Birdman subsequently held a number of fundraisers for what was now named Hurt Bird. On July 4, 2014, during competing Independence Day events held by Doctor Birdman and Don Jekyll Jr., Hurt Bird was injured during a propane tank explosion, disappearing in a ball of flame. Subsequently, there spread rumors that it was being kept underneath Middle Tennessee State University and that the government was involved in experiments. Hurt Bird, now called Ghost Bird, reappeared during the McKinley-Sullivan Feud. The bird became an object of worship by the Third Baptist Pentecostal Church of Holliness God, intruded upon the marriage of Ted and Ralph during Freedomfest, and carried a child into Biscuit Alley of the Biscuit District, an event that led to the celebration of Frog Day. After Jackie Broyles was elected Mayor of Murfreesboro, Ghost Hurt Bird apparently manifested himself as a human and, during the podcast's Russian Episodes, ousted Jackie from office, becoming the new mayor.