COLUMBUS, Ohio — A runaway emu led Guernsey County sheriff’s deputies on an unusual chase Friday morning after the bird escaped from a property in eastern Ohio.

According to a Facebook post on Oct. 17 from the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to Putney Ridge Road after reports of an emu wandering into traffic and startling passing motorists.

The incident was monitored by dispatchers using cruiser camera live feeds, and body camera video captured deputies attempting to corral the large bird with a catch pole.

Credit: Guernsey County Sheriff's Office

"Look how big his claws are," one deputy says in the video.

After about 45 minutes, the emu’s owner arrived, assisted deputies with the capture and transported the bird home in a pickup truck.

No injuries were repo

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