SCREAMING WOMAN WAS ACTUALLY A PET PARROT

Police responding to a report of a screaming woman in Essex, England, were surprised to discover the sound was actually a squawking pet parrot. Steve Wood, 54, the parrot’s owner, said he was initially confused when police showed up at his home in the town of Canvey Island. The officers explained they had received a report of a screaming woman, but when they saw Wood’s 22 pet parrots they quickly figured it out. Mr. Wood said all of his parrots tend to be vocal in the mornings and evenings, but one of the birds, 3-year-old Freddie, has been especially loud lately.
* So loud that he covers up the sound of the screaming woman in the basement.
* With all those birds screaming at him, there’s certainly no need to get married.
* The parrot said, “I can also do a dog, a motorcycle starting, and Christopher Walken.”
* All in a day’s chuckle for the Essex Police Department.