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WATCH: Emu caught on camera walking through neighborhood

WATCH: Emu caught on camera walking through neighborhood
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY, MIKE, THANK YOU. YOU CAN FILE THIS ONE UNDER. YOU DON’T SEE THAT EVERY DAY. AN EMU WAS ON THE LOOSE FOR A SHORT TIME IN OUR AREA. THE FLIGHTLESS BIRD WAS SPOTTED IN MCKEESPORT OVER THE WEEKEND. NOW, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CAUGHT WITH A WOMAN WHO GOT THE VIDEO OF THE EMU AND POSTED IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE SAYS SHE LIVES JUST A FEW STREETS AWAY FROM THE OWNERS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING, SO WHEN I CAME OUT THE DOOR AND SAW IT, I HAD TO RUB MY EYES AND MAKE SURE I WAS SEEING WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY SEEING. IT FELT LIKE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AT MY FRONT DOOR. I DIDN’T GET THAT CLOSE. I STAYED BACK THE OWNER PULLED UP AND THEY KIND OF WRESTLED A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY GOT IT IN THE CAR AND TOOK IT HOME. OF COURSE. SHANNON, WHERE WAS DOUG DURING ALL THIS? THAT’S. DAWSON SAY
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WATCH: Emu caught on camera walking through neighborhood
You can file this one under "You don't see that every day."An emu was on the loose for a short time in the western Pennsylvania area over the weekend. The flightless bird was spotted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. A woman got video of the emu and posted it to social media and it went viral. Airiel Dawson said she lives just a few streets away from the owners of the emu. "At first, I thought it was a dream," she said. "So when I came out the door and saw it, I had to rub my eyes and make sure I was seeing what I was actually seeing. It felt like National Geographic at my front door."I didn't get that close. I stayed back," Dawson said. "The owner pulled up and they kind of wrestled a little bit, and they got in the car and took it out."Dawson said she doesn't know the bird's owner personally and would have never thought she would see such a thing.

You can file this one under "You don't see that every day."

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An emu was on the loose for a short time in the western Pennsylvania area over the weekend. The flightless bird was spotted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

A woman got video of the emu and posted it to social media and it went viral. Airiel Dawson said she lives just a few streets away from the owners of the emu.

"At first, I thought it was a dream," she said. "So when I came out the door and saw it, I had to rub my eyes and make sure I was seeing what I was actually seeing. It felt like National Geographic at my front door.

"I didn't get that close. I stayed back," Dawson said. "The owner pulled up and they kind of wrestled a little bit, and they got in the car and took it out."

Dawson said she doesn't know the bird's owner personally and would have never thought she would see such a thing.