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Talk about a call Augusta police were not expecting on Thursday: A rogue hen gets loose and takes a trip to the mall.Police said the wayward guinea hen got away from its home in Sidney in the back of a pickup truck and enjoyed a ride around central Maine in the warm weather.Once the stowaway was discovered by its owner at the Turnpike Mall in Augusta, the bird bolted across the parking lot.Police had a little fun explaining the capture on their Facebook page."Augusta PD immediately summoned our Resident Steve Irwin and newly appointed Community Resource Officer Brad "El Burro" Chase. After a tactical assessment of the search area, Officer Chase channeled his inner poultry and honed in on the obvious destination for a bachelor bird, the automotive department of Sears. With the speed and swiftness of a Canadian Lynx, Officer Chase sprang into action and located the bolting bird in the tire aisle, quickly apprehending the haughty hen, despite it donning a fake mustache, sunglasses and an whistling a unassuming, jaunty tune," the post said.The hen was reunited with its owner at the Augusta police station.38446176Get the WMTW App