Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say they’ve apprehended a fuzzy fugitive — and brought him home without anyone being fleeced.
The call came in around 2 a.m. on Tuesday, when Chewy the three-year-old alpaca escaped his enclosure and decided to go for a “late-night unescorted jaunt” in his South Wellington neighbourhood, according to an RCMP media release.
The wild and wooly escapee was reported to be heading for the highway, prompting a quick RCMP response.
Officers arrived to find Chewy on Highway 1 “checking out the lights and sounds and seeming to enjoy himself,” RCMP said.
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Mounties used their lights and sirens to corral the escapee, and gently guide him home.
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Chewy was reunited with his “extremely worried but grateful owner” around 3 a.m.
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