MINNEAPOLIS — Wild turkeys at the University of Minnesota have thousands of followers, literally.

The Instagram account, turkeysofumn , has more than 6,000 followers. They have a form where people can submit videos of the turkeys and then it gets posted.

“The turkeys seem very confident they can take us,” said Paige Robinson.

Robinson started the account in 2020, after seeing the University of Wisconsin – Madison had a turkey Instagram account. She graduated in 2024 but still runs the page.

“I can’t give it up, I love it so much,” Robinson said.

Robinson said the U of M turkeys like to hang out around Superblock, which is made up of four freshman dorms. She said nothing seems to scare them except for one thing.

“I will say someone today sent me a video of one of the food delivery

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