None of us love it when our train is delayed, especially when it’s because of something out of left field — like a runaway emu.
As odd as it sounds, that’s exactly what happened Thursday morning to England’s Network Rail in East Yorkshire. Service was briefly interrupted thanks to a large, flightless bird that was spotted hanging out around the tracks.
The bird was located and removed fairly quickly — but what’s a creature that’s native to Australia doing hanging out by the tracks in the U.K.?
It turns out the emu belongs on a nearby farm, and its owners had recently noticed it missing.