KEY POINTS
- Essex Police visited Steve Wooden’s dwelling after being alerted to “the sound of a feminine’s screams”.
- As an alternative, they discovered three-year-old Freddie, a parrot, was the wrongdoer.
- Wooden, a retired policeman, praised the officers for his or her response and mentioned he had “no unhealthy emotions” in the direction of them.
British police have been dispatched to conduct a welfare verify after being alerted to “the sound of a feminine’s screams”, solely to discover a noisy parrot was the wrongdoer.
Steve Wooden, a 54-year-old retired policeman who owns 22 parrots, on Tuesday acquired a knock on his door from officers of the Essex pressure after they acquired a name from a involved member of the general public.
However the screams have been truly coming from Freddie, his three-year-old yellow-naped Amazon parrot.
“I assumed, ‘Oh my God what have I carried out?’,” Mr Wooden informed the BBC on Friday.
A yellow-naped Amazon parrot. Supply: Getty / VW Pics/Common Photographs Group
He informed the British public broadcaster that he opened the door to 2 laughing police presents who he mentioned informed him: “Don’t fret mate, I feel we have got this one sussed.”
When he requested “What have I carried out?”, the cops replied that that they had acquired a report {that a} girl in his home was “screaming for assist” and so they had “come to verify all the things is OK”.
He praised the officers, saying that they had carried out the fitting factor and that he had “no unhealthy emotions” towards them.
In a separate interview with EssexLive on Thursday, Wooden mentioned his parrots had been moved to a unique room in his home and have been “extra noisy than normal”, and a passerby had walked previous and assumed a girl was in bother.
He informed the media outlet he was “by no means frightened” however mentioned it was a “what the f*** second”.
In a video Wooden filmed and shared on social media, he walks to the door saying “A involved neighbour has been passing by saying there’s screaming coming from my home — a girl screaming for assist”.
He then opens the door to 2 laughing cops and says: “This has made my yr, thanks very a lot”.
In a press release to the BBC, Essex Police mentioned a “member of the general public” had reported “the sound of a feminine’s screams” early on Tuesday afternoon.
“Officers attended to conduct a welfare verify, however upon arrival found the noise was in truth brought on by quite a few parrots inside a property,” a spokesman mentioned, based on the BBC.
“Officers engaged with a member of the general public on the property and we thank him for his understanding and endurance.”