AUGUSTA, Maine — Augusta police were called to the Turnpike Mall on Thursday to wrangle a guinea hen they say had gone rogue from its owner.
“The wayward bird absconded from its home in Sidney in the back of a pickup truck hoping to cavort around Central Maine in the unseasonably warm weather,” the Augusta Police Department said in a tongue-in-cheek post on its Facebook page.
“Once the stowaway was discovered by its owner, the fleeing fowl bolted across the parking lot. Augusta PD immediately summoned our Resident Steve Irwin and newly appointed Community Resource Officer Brad ‘El Burro’ Chase,” the post continued.
“After a tactical assessment of the search area, Officer Chase channeled his inner poultry and honed in on the obvious destination for a bachelor bird, the automotive department of Sears,” it said.
The tale ended on a happy note. Chase found the fowl in the tire aisle, captured it and returned it to its owner at the police station.