Dashcam Footage Shows Emu Dart in Front of Maine Police Cruiser

Watch police round up an emu from Brunswick hospital

Police had an emu-sing encounter with the large bird Monday night after it escaped into a hospital parking lot.

WILD VIDEO: Escaped emu captured by police in Maine

Police in Brunswick, Maine, had an "emu-sing" encounter, as they put it, on Monday night.

Brunswick police corral escaped emu near Midcoast Hospital

Brunswick police called the incident an "emu-sing encounter."

Dashcam footage shows emu dart in front of Maine police cruiser

Police say the large, flightless bird decided to take "a little adventure" after it had gotten loose from its owners' yard.

Escaped emu corralled by Brunswick police

Two Brunswick police officers called for a report of a “large bird” on the roadside Monday night were surprised to find themselves chasing an emu. The flightless bird, which had apparently slipped out of its owner’s yard, made a brief dash for the road before settling in the parking lot of Mid Coast Hospital, the department said in a Facebook post that includes dash cam footage of the emu running across the parking lot. According to the clock on…