Imagine driving along in your car when someone hits it. Well, more like something hits it so hard that it crashes through the window. What’s more, that “something” just happens to be a living, squawking goose.
Police in Nottinghamshire, England, couldn’t believe their ears when they got a call about a goose smashing through a taxi window. It’s not exactly a common complaint, so they hopped right on it.
The Radford Road Police Department even tweeted about it.
“When a colleague asked if a call had been received about a goose flying into a taxi over the radio, we had to see it to believe it,” said the post.
When officers arrived on the scene, they confirmed there was a live goose sitting in the back seat of the taxi.
When a colleague asked if a call had been received about a goose flying into a taxi over the radio, we had to see it to believe it. Goose was taken to the vets & unfortunately the taxi had to repair the damage. We think he may be trying to find his way to #goosefair #randomjob pic.twitter.com/9eWCsjncZH
— Radford Road Police (@RadfordRdCops) September 30, 2019
“Goose was taken to the vets & unfortunately the taxi had to repair the damage,” said the post. “We think he may be trying to find his way to #goosefair #randomjob”
The Nottingham Goose Fair is an annual event that takes place at the beginning of October. The goose was right on time! It’s the largest traveling fair in Europe, dating back seven centuries.
Back in the day, the Goose Fair was a place for vendors to sell geese in time for Michaelmas.
You won’t see any live geese these days, although there is a 6-foot-tall goose replica named Goosey. There are also food booths galore and as many as 500 attractions, including rides.
But this goose doesn’t need an amusement park ride — it can fly on its own.
The goose was pronounced uninjured after a visit to a local vet. But the poor taxi driver, Nayyar Tabasam, had to recover from the shock of having a goose fly through the window. To add insult to injury, he had to pay for the repairs to his vehicle.
Tabasam said he’d just dropped off a student at the university when something struck the taxi.
The impact threw glass everywhere and stunned the driver.
“I thought somebody had thrown something at the car for a start so I slowed down to see if I could see anyone around but there was no one,” he said. “It was a shock at the time, I didn’t see anything as the goose was coming from the side and it made a lot of noise.”
The shell-shocked Tabasam realized the source of the noise.
It was a very angry, large Canada goose. It remained perched on the back seat amid a shower of broken glass. That was where local police officers found it when responding to Tabasam’s call.
Imagine having to call the police because there’s a goose in your car and you don’t know how to get it out.
It wasn’t a pleasant experience for anyone involved but the best news is that no one was hurt. As for Tabasam, he might be feeling extra cautious the next time he gets in his taxi.
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