Loose Goose New Excuse For Subway Mess

PROSPECT LEFFERTS-GARDENS, BROOKLYN -- It was literally a wild goose chase. Police chased a runaway goose down the southbound Q train tracks near Prospect Park Monday afternoon, according to the MTA.

Southbound trains began running express between the Prospect Park and Kings Highway stations at about 1:40 p.m. as the NYPD tried to nab the loose goose spotted near the Parkside Avenue Station, according to an MTA.

One angry straphanger who reported a 50-minute wait for a local southbound demanded to know when service would be restored.

"We are still waiting for NYPD to remove the goose," the MTA tweeted at 2:20 p.m. "We do not have an estimated time when the goose will be removed."

Transit officials suggested straphangers consider the B68 bus on Coney Island Avenue or the B49 on Ocean Avenue.

"Is the goose okay?" Twitter user Mackenzie Ford asked.

"Power has been removed from the tracks," the MTA replied. "Emergency personnel are working to remove the goose safely from tracks."

What will happen to the bird remains unclear, but after a New York city councilwoman proposed new goose liver legislation Monday, he or she is less likely to become foie gras.

A goose walks on the bank of the reservoir at Woodberry Wetlands in the Borough of Hackney on April 28, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)