Posted on 05/31/2009 1:30:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Polly wants a passport and isn't above stealing one. A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man's passport in a colored bag in the luggage compartment under a tour bus, nabbed the document and made off into dense bush with it, the Southland Times newspaper reported Friday. The bird a parrot of the Kea variety made its move while the bus was stopped along the highway to Milford Sound on South Island, and the driver was looking through the compartment. Milford Sound, which runs inland from the Tasman Sea and is surrounded by sheer rock face, is part of Fiordland National Park, a world heritage site and major travel destination. Police told the newspaper the passport has not been recovered and is unlikely to be located in the vast Fiordland rain forest. "My passport is somewhere out there in Fiordland. The Kea's probably using it for fraudulent claims or something," the passport owner, who did not want to be named, told the newspaper. A replacement passport from the British High Commission in Wellington could take six weeks and cost up to $250. "I'll never look at a Kea in the same way," the man was quoted saying.
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I hate when that happens.
dead parrot.
Polly wants a kilt...
Polly wants a kilt...?
Sounds better than “my dog ate my passport”.
prosecute the parrot under Scottish Law..
The parrot was obviously pinin’ for the fjords. Check passengers on all flights to Norway...
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