British Parrot Missing for Four Years Returns Home Speaking Spanish — Experts Say Smart Tech Could Prevent It from Happening Again

British Parrot Missing for Four Years Returns Home Speaking Spanish — Experts Say Smart Tech Could Prevent It from Happening Again

When Nigel the parrot vanished from his British owner’s home in California, no one imagined that four years later, he’d come back — speaking Spanish. The story, which first went viral in 2014, has now resurfaced as a fascinating case study in animal memory, language learning, and pet tracking technology. A Four-Year Mystery Comes to an Emotional End Nigel, a gray African parrot, disappeared from Darren Chick’s home in Torrance, California. For y…