--- title: Viral Video: Duck Stampede Blocks Traffic In Thailand description: See a disturbing number of ducks blocking traffic in Thailand canonical: https://time.com/2895755/a-duck-stampede-may-sound-cute-but-its-actually-horrifying/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-18T19:16:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:54.725Z og:title: This Is What a Duck Stampede Looks Like [WATCH] og:description: It may sound cute, but it's actually horrifying og:url: https://time.com/2895755/a-duck-stampede-may-sound-cute-but-its-actually-horrifying/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is What a Duck Stampede Looks Like [WATCH] twitter:description: It may sound cute, but it's actually horrifying twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Duck Stampede May Sound Cute, But It's Actually Horrifying by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 18, 2014 7:16 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 18, 2014 7:16 PM UTC In _theory_, a large number of ducks all running and quacking in unison is cute, right? Well, in _practice,_ it turns out that it’s the kind of thing that will likely plague you with Hitchcockian nightmares for two years, minimum. A Thai YouTube user [uploaded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxlg5unYTyU#t=32) the above video that captures the utter chaos of a duck stampede. An estimated 100,000 ducks are just running madly, wildly, uninhibitedly through a Thai street, blocking traffic and leaving psychological destruction in their wake. Where could they _possibly_ be headed, besides straight to your bedroom to murder you in your sleep? Viral Video: Duck Stampede Blocks Traffic In Thailand ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2895755/a-duck-stampede-may-sound-cute-but-its-actually-horrifying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2895755/a-duck-stampede-may-sound-cute-but-its-actually-horrifying/"},"headline":"A Duck Stampede May Sound Cute, But It's Actually Horrifying","datePublished":"2014-06-18T19:16:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:54.725Z","description":"See a disturbing number of ducks blocking traffic in Thailand","url":"https://time.com/2895755/a-duck-stampede-may-sound-cute-but-its-actually-horrifying/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2895755/a-duck-stampede-may-sound-cute-but-its-actually-horrifying/","name":"A Duck Stampede May Sound Cute, But It's Actually Horrifying"}}]}] ```