This feral peacock is terrorizing an Oakland neighborhood

Being confined to your house forthe foreseeable future is bad enough.Unfortunately, residents of one Oaklandneighborhood also have to deal with an “insanelynoisy” feral peacock who screams … a lot.On Occidental St. in North Oakland, the peacockwreaks such havoc that neighbors have taken to theNextdoor app to complain, according to SFGate.“For the past 15 weeks or so he has screamedrelentlessly, every day,” fed-up neighborJesse T wrote. “It’s so loud inside my house itliterally feels like he is inside my house”.“It got so bad that two months ago, I had tomove out of my street-facing bedroom andinto my middle bedroom/storage room … I STILLget woken up at 4, 5, 6am many mornings”.However, not everyone is perturbed by thepeacock’s presence. According to SFGate, manyneighbors enjoy seeing the peacock around.“[He] brings the children on the streetsuch joy, and is much quieter than the fireworks,cars backfiring, and construction”.Online, Peter — as many neighbors have takento calling him — has become a sensation.“This story is fantastic,” one person said.“I get it feral peacock that screamsrelentlessly,” another user joked.“I know where you’re coming from”.“Official mascot of 2020,”a third person added