A motorist referred to as police to rescue a tortoise on the aspect of the street – nevertheless it turned out to be an upturned exhaust pipe.
Police have been referred to as to the village of Water Orton, North Warwickshire after a driver reported seeing the animal stranded on its again.
However when officers arrived on the scene on Monday they hilariously found the misplaced tortoise was in truth a rusty exhaust pipe.
Police have been referred to as to the village of Water Orton, North Warwickshire after a driver reported seeing the animal stranded on its again on the aspect of the street, nevertheless it turned out to be an upturned exhaust pipe (pictured)
When officers arrived on the scene on Monday they hilariously found the misplaced tortoise was a rusty exhaust pipe
Warwickshire Police’s Atherstone and Coleshill workforce posted photos of the ‘tortoise’ on Fb.
They wrote: ‘By no means a boring second.
‘Management: “We’ve got had a report of an obstruction within the street are you able to attend Marsh Lane, Warton Orton please as there may be an the other way up tortoise inflicting site visitors points.”‘
The alongside photos of a rusty upturned exhaust pipe, police hilariously added: ‘Officers attends…’
Bemused social media customers have been fast to see the humorous aspect and piled in with their very own feedback.
One wrote: ‘It may have been a turtle catastrophe.’
One other added: ‘Should be “exhausted” poor mite. The entire thing may’ve been a Turtle Catastrophe.’
One different consumer joked: ‘Little question the automotive it got here off will probably be going as slowly as a tortoise now in order to not trigger a noise nuisance.’
In the meantime one other wrote: ‘What a Turtle waste of Police time. I hope you make the caller shell out.’