Another day, another scenario reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.”
Firefighters were recently called to a home in Montecito, California after a 1,000 small birds were discovered trapped inside the residence’s chimney.
In an eerie video from the incident, firefighters shine a flashlight into the fireplace as the massive flock of birds can be seen crowded behind the bars as their wings are heard flapping.
Members of the Montecito Fire Protection District worked with Santa Barbara County Animals Services to figure out a way to free the winged animals from the confined space.
Officials hoped the birds would fly out of the opened flue overnight, but upon returning in the morning they found the birds still huddled together at the base of the fireplace.
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After several hours, an alternate route to freedom was carved out for the birds.
“County Animal Services worked diligently throughout the day to design a chute system to funnel the birds out of the fireplace and release them through the home’s back doors,” Montecito Fire wrote on Facebook, according to Storyful.
The tense scene comes just weeks after a suburban neighborhood in Australia was the sight of an avian invasion as a massive flock of cockatoos descended upon the area.
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In a video capturing the frightening event, thousands of white corella cockatoos can be heard shrieking as they take over lawns, roofs, and street lights in Nowra, New South Wales.
Cinema fans will notice the similarity of both situations to the Hitchcock horror classic “The Birds.”
In the 1963 film, residents of Bodega Bay, California come under attack from a flock of violent birds over the course of several days.
While the fowl flick featured sinister results, the two real life feathered incidents ended with no reported casualties.
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