Runaway Emu Picked Up By Cape Cod Police: Report

BARNSTABLE, MA — An unusual runaway here resulted in a police response Wednesday morning.

Walter, a giant bird known as an emu, was on the loose, WHDH-TV 7 reported.

He ran wild on Wild Way, near Santuit-Newtown Road, the television station said.

Barnstable police blocked off the road as the massive bird was “walking around the houses on the street.”

A call to a Yarmouth police officer prompted the response. Nicholas Giammarco learned about the wandering bird and realized it could be the one kept by his father in the Barnstable village of Marstons Mills.

Walter, who has wandered before, was eventually lured back home, WHDH said.

No charges have been filed against the bird or its owner.

Emus can stand more than 6 feet tall and weigh more than 130 pounds.

To read the WHDH coverage, click here.