An emu made a break for it in Marston Mills. The bird named Walter left the Olde Homestead Farms on Sunday while his owners were away.

Joan Spiegel and Russell Gianmarco say they only knew that Walter had escaped when they got an emergency alert that someone in town had seen an emu.

“We were an hour and a half away, drove as fast as we could and alerted all the outlets,” Spiegel said.

The couple and their son posted, asking if anyone had seen the emu.

“We had sightings and then more sightings,” Spiegel said.

Eventually, the tracked it down in Clifford Circle in Sandwich where their son was able to re-capture the bird.

“After traversing a bunch of golf courses and wooded areas, he was able to sort of sit on him and subdue him after he got really tired, so then we hooked him up, put hi

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