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Talking Birds Scare Off Home Invaders

By Jack Huber

Everyone knows that guard dogs can be a very effective deterrent to crime perpetrated on the home or business. But in Florida, a flock of talkative birds is making a great case for what you might call the ?Parrot Patrol.? Minerva Bernache says she was at home with her 4-year-old grandson Dillon, when she heard a noise. Two men were trying to get in her front door. Unsuccessful there, they went around to the back of the home and continued trying to get in. But before she could call 9-1-1, the men suddenly ran away. What happened? In an impressive display of parrot power, one watchbird let out an unholy scream (that's his specialty). At the same time his caged colleagues chirped out phrases in English and Spanish. (One of the parrots continually utters a very friendly sounding ?Hello,? but that just sounds like a trap to a criminal, right?) Whatever was said, and we have yet to determine the actual message the parrots conveyed, it was enough to cause the skedaddling of the two men...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).