'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both as pilot delivers turkeys

A resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can't simply run out to the grocery store.

WATCH: Thanksgiving turkeys air-dropped in rural Alaska

Some residents in remote parts of Alaska living well off the grid get their turkeys delivered the only way they can — by air.

Watch: Thanksgiving turkeys airdropped to remote Alaska homes

Esther Keim started delivering frozen turkeys after one of her neighbours told her squirrel for Thanksgiving did not stretch very far.

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