Nantucket Seagull Smashes Car Window With Quahog, Police Determine

Heather Stevens Woodbury was taking care of the morning rush at her family’s business Wicked Island Bakery Wednesday morning when some customers gave her the shocking news: the rear windshield of her vehicle in the bakery parking lot had been smashed in.

Who would have done that? Was it some hooligan leaving the Box late at night? An unhappy customer sending a message after missing out on the last morning bun?

The Nantucket Police Department was called, and it took Officer Mike Mastriano only a few minutes to crack the case. The suspect, he said, wasn’t even human. A seagull had dropped a fresh quahog from high in the air, attempting to crack it open for a meal. But instead of hitting the pavement, it had crashed through the car’s rear windshield.

The evidence was right there in the back seat.

As of Wednesday morning, the seagull is still at large. The Nantucket Police Department declined to comment, citing the pending investigation, but a source tells the Current the suspect may be the same seagull involved in the mugging of former Nantucket Airport manager Noah Karberg in the mid-island Stop & Shop parking lot in August 2024. Karberg had his wallet stolen by the grievous gull, who was never brought to justice.