Surprise for residents as rogue emu spotted running down Devon street

Motorists in the sleepy town of Torrington, north Devon, were stopped in their tracks as an emu ran down the street. The police were called, who in disbelief started searching the town for a wild emu.



Plenty of onlookers tried to trap the bird, for its own safety, and after a long chase one concerned onlooker managed to corner it in a field. The owner of the emu, who reportedly keeps two as pets, collected the escaped bird and took it home.

Nikita Miles, 24, who filmed the runaway animal, said: "We were out driving in town, we had just popped out to buy some milk. I had never seen one before; I thought 'what the hell's that' . Everyone was stood around in shock, watching this thing run past.


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"The police turned up, and one of the offices said, 'are you sure you haven't been on drugs or something'. It was caught eventually; a friend of mine chased it all the way to the dump field. Then the owner turned up and put it in a van, apparently he keeps them in his back garden, I heard he has two."