Oh no! Reason enough to feel the way you do!!! My little 7 yro cousin from New Hampshire was with us at Mount Vernon many years ago where some geese went AWOL and scarred her (and several adults) for life. Swans can be beastly too, besides being such a $%!+coin because they look so pretty and peaceful, which they are most assuredly not. They act ugly, sound dreadful, and stretch their necks out rudely like feathered snakes. Best barbecued!