Not as uncommon as you may think ...
... you all have to understand that most factories in these 'third world countries' are not operated like a 'clean room' of a computer chip manufacturer.
Alien matter does (and will) show up once in awhile ... heck, the other day I went to cut a Hoja Yellow Band, and my SAK could barely get through it!
Turned out to be a piece of really stiff cardboard-like brown paper twine, kind of like something the leaves may have been tied together with, to hold them together while they were hanging in their aging barns.
Heck ... you would be surprised at what some people have found in their cigars, that I've heard them tell over the years ...
... so really, a feather? No big surprise here ...
