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Bird 'confuses' police officers by mimicking siren sound (news.sky.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Emperor to c/andfinally

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Police officers were left "confused" by a bird when it convincingly mimicked the sound of the sirens on their cars.

Thames Valley Police said staff initially thought their vehicles had developed a fault after hearing the noise at a roads policing base in Bicester.

A video filmed at the site in Oxfordshire and posted on social media shows the bird chirping in a tree - before then replicating the sound of a two-tone siren.

The force said that the copycat call was "100% real and not a late April Fools joke" and added that officers were left "a little confused".

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[–] snaprails 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

UPDATE: Busloads of plod descended on the area with riot shields, batons, and tear gas after they heard that the source of the trouble was a Mynah bird.

[–] Emperor 2 points 7 months ago

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