Oh deer! Police rescue mission mishears “screams for help” in Birmingham country park
West Midlands Police were called to distressed cries for help from Woodgate Valley Country Park earlier today (Thursday, May 11)
West Midlands Police were called to reports of distressed cries coming from a park in Birmingham in the early hours of today (Thursday, May 11).
Officers rushed to save a person who was heard “screaming for help” - but were surprised when they arrived at the scene at Woodgate Valley Country Park and discovered all was not what it seemed.
Instead of finding a person in need of help, officers discovered the noise was a trapped DEER which had ecome stuck in the bars of a metal fence.
Officers called West Midlands Fire Service who used jaws-of-life metal cutters to free the deer which police say then “trotted off”.
In a Twitter post, Force Response reported: “Officers were called to reports of what someone thought was a person screaming for help. Don’t worry my deer it was only me.
“[We were] helped out by West Midlands Fire Service [firefighters in] Woodgate using the jaws of life. [The deer] then trotted off into distance.”