Police Search Took An 'Ewe Turn' For the Best

On the state of Connecticut Bridle Trail in the area of Gunntown Road near the Naugatuck town line, someone heard a call for help.

Middlebury Police Officers Kathy Blick and Antony Kalvaitis were dispatched to the scene at approximately 1:21 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, according to a press release from the Middlebury Police Department.

Was it a dog? The unnamed person who called thought it might have been at first.

Was it a person? That was the caller's next thought.

Middlebury and Naugatuck police officers began searching the area.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection was called but was assisting with and could not respond, the press release stated.

The Southbury Police Department were called and responded with two ATVs to assist in the search due to the heavy wooded area. The area was searched from the west side of Long Meadow Pond down to the bridle trail between Gunntown Road and the Oxford Town line.

With the ATVs available, the search took about a hour but yielded no missing dog or person in distress.

At around 2:45 p.m., the search was concluded and Naugatuck police officers came to a conclusion of their own.

What was that cry for help the unknown caller heard?

Goats.

The Naugatuck police officers theorized that goats at Wilmont's Farm in Naugatuck made all that noise.

But the police decided it was better to play it safe and search anyway. So ends the un-ewe-sual tale of a Tuesday in November.