An unexpected visitor turned a Pasco woman’s fireplace into an unusual rescue scene Friday morning.
Pasco Police Department received a 911 call, but no one could be heard on the other end of the line. When Officer Jeremy Wakeman arrived to check on the caller, a woman told him something had fallen down her chimney and was now trapped in her fireplace, said a police department Facebook post.
It was a young owl.
Wakeman contacted Blue Mountain Wildlife, but the nonprofit rescue didn’t have anyone immediately available to help capture the owl.
Blue Mountain specializes in rescuing and helping native wildlife through rehabilitation, research and education.
They guided Wakeman through the proper steps to catch and release the creature without harming it.
With help from the woman’s young neighbor, Wakeman used a towel and gloves and successfully rescued the owl and released it unharmed into the neighborhood.
The release was Pasco Police Department’s first encounter with an owl rescue, said the post.
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