Watch out for the road runner! Hilarious video shows runaway ostrich causing chaos on a busy Saudi Arabian street

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Hilarious: Footage of a runaway ostrich causing chaos on the busy streets of a Saudi Arabian town has been posted online

Hilarious footage of a runaway ostrich causing chaos on the busy streets of a Saudi Arabian town has been posted online.
Drivers are seen swerving to avoid the bounding 400lb adult bird as it darts fearlessly between lanes in the 2minute clip.
At one point, the 8ft tall tearaway is bumped to the ground by a car - but immediately gets up and continues on its bid for escape.

Chaos: Drivers are seen swerving to avoid the bounding 400lb adult bird as it darts fearlessly between lanes in the 2minute clip

Witnesses in the southern town of Abha, said: 'It was running randomly among the cars, causing a traffic jam and attracting a big crowd.'
They also said that no-one knew where the creature had come from - speculating it had fled a nearby farm.

Zig zag: At one point, the 8ft tall tearaway is bumped to the ground by a car - but immediately gets up and continues on its bid for escape

Ancestor: Perhaps it was a relative of Edgar the ostrich who regularly terrorised a rural cemetery in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, back in 2007

Perhaps it was a relative of Edgar the ostrich who regularly terrorised a rural cemetery in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, back in 2007.
The 6ft fiend would chase mourners and eat graveside floral tributes, scaring many residents off from paying their respects to the deceased.



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