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Jean Keene

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The Resume

    (October 20, 1923-January 13, 2009)
    Born in Aitkin County, Minnesota
    Birth name was Jean Marie Hodgdon
    Moved to Homer, Alaska (1977)
    Fed 500 pounds of fish a day to hundreds of bald eagles
    Subject of the book 'The Eagle Lady' (2004)

Why she might be annoying:

    When she moved to Alaska, her 17-year-old son stayed behind in Minnesota.
    Environmentalists worried that she was altering the eagles' natural migration patterns.
    Other birds, such as cranes, loons and kittiwakes, were driven out of the area by the eagles.
    Some Homer residents considered the eagles a menace, causing car accidents and attacking pets.
    She admitted, 'It gets kind of gross sometimes, especially when you're handling a lot of slimy carcasses.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a rodeo rider until she was thrown from her horse and fractured her knee in fifteen places.
    She fell in love with the natural beauty of Alaska after attending a cousin's wedding there.
    She kept up her feeding schedule on crutches after breaking her leg (1985).
    She returned to the feedings only three days after a mastectomy (1994).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying