In a case stranger than fiction, a brightly colored parrot caught on a traffic camera ended up cracking open a baffling missing persons case.
Authorities reviewing footage from a routine traffic stop were stunned when they spotted the parrot perched on a streetlight — the exact same exotic bird reported missing by a woman whose disappearance had gone cold for weeks. The bird, known for mimicking voices, could be heard shouting the woman’s name repeatedly in the background of the video.
Investigators followed the bizarre lead, which eventually took them to an abandoned lot nearby — where the missing woman was found alive, disoriented, but safe.
The parrot is now being hailed as an accidental hero. 🦜
Sometimes, the smallest clue is the loudest.