Caught the Pigeon

Oh no - you will never believe me - but he came back.

In what is fast becoming the most popular story to ever feature on Southside Happenings (how sad is that?) the pigeon man returned.

Again I was just quietly getting on with some work when I glanced out the window and there he was, dressed far more appropriately and this time with a newly design trap. It was like watching a live action version of Wile E Coyote trying to catch the road runner.

The modified trap consisted of the tried and tested stick, an old shopping basket instead of a plastic box and . . . . a piece of string. I suddenly feel guilty - maybe he reads Southside Happenings and we tipped him off or else he was up all last night redesigning it.

Humorously the bit of string wasn't very long meaning the hunter had to kneel down right beside the basket - with the result that none of the pigeons should any interest in the mountain of bread that he had laid as bait.

Our humour was short lived - as showing far more patience than yesterday the hunter stayed still long enough to entice the pigeons to enter his lair. He waited, and waited and waited then . . . pounce he made his move - two pigeons in the basket.

Suddenly the humour of the situation vanished and the gravitas of the unknown fate of the pigeons raised its head. As the hunter scrabbled underneath basket one of the pigeons made a break for it - sadly the other wasn't so lucky and was soon in what appeared to be quite expert hands.

Within seconds he had the pigeon huddled against him, his trap packed up and he was heading for the car - not even shouts from the nearby bus stop did anything to stop him.

We were perplexed - "eh maybe we should have called the police instead of just sitting back and filming him."

After some debate we did call the police which started with me having to say "Hi yes, eh bit of a strange one, I'd like to report the kidnapping of a pigeon."

We have handed over his registration plate and we await the police report into what happens - watch this space.

If I have to go to a police interview about a pigeon-napping I will not be pleased.