PARKER WATT WINS CHICKEN DROP

Ambergris Caye, Belize—AFC trip member and 19 year-old college student Parker Watt won the first round of Wednesday night’s chicken drop, a “world-famous” game of chance witnessed by over a hundred onlookers at the Pier Lounge and Bar in San Pedro. The game, where participants pay $1 to draw a number in hopes that the chosen chicken “drops” on their corresponding number on the giant, 100-square game board, is a cultural institution on the island of Ambergris.
“I’m usually pretty unlucky, so I didn’t think I was going to win,” said Watt. However, lady luck was with him when he drew his numbers.
“I picked numbers 34, 48, and 81,” said Watt “and they were all away from the center of the board, which I thought gave me less of a chance to win.”
However, Watt’s fears turned out to be completely unfounded.
“I realized I’d won when the chicken crapped on number 81,” said Watt, his face beaming with glee, “I never thought in a million years I’d win the chicken drop!”
Despite his luck, Watt still had to overcome one obstacle before he claimed his winnings.
“I was told I had to clean up the chicken feces,” said Watt, who was disgusted at first, but then realized that the money was worth picking up a piece of chicken poop.
Yet Watt was not alone in his happiness about winning.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes or ears,” said Sara Kaufman, another member of the AFC trip to Belize, “it really took a while for it to sink in.” Kaufman had a difficult time holding back the tears, as she congratulated Watt while holding her bright pink rum punch.
“Maybe he’ll buy me another cocktail with his winnings!” slurred Kaufman.
After judges verified Watt’s ticket and winning number, he was awarded the grand prize of $100 in Belizean currency, the equivalent of fifty U.S. dollars.