Anyone at home? Moment on-the-run Emu called Rodney wanders up to front door after escaping from his home in Kent village

• Curious creature walked up a neighbour’s driveway and stood on welcome mat 

A pet emu went on the run after escaping from his home in a village called Loose.

The emu, named Rodney, went noseying around in a neighbour’s driveway and even walked up to their front door only to be captured on doorbell footage.

Police were alerted to the bird’s escape in the Kent village near Maidstone around midday on Saturday.

Maureen Roberts, 81, said she received a ring doorbell notification that someone was at the door while out at lunch with her daughter.

Her neighbour then phoned to say that an escaped emu had wandered up to the doorway.

A pet emu went on the run after escaping from his home in a village called Loose

The emu, named Rodney, entered a neighbour’s driveway and walked up to their door

Video footage showed the curious creature entering the porch before standing on the welcome mat

Another clip showed two men and a boy chasing the bird as it walked into the driveway 

They then grabbed onto the animal and escorted it off the property

She said:  ‘I thought she was winding me up and I laughed it off.

‘But it turned out she wasn’t joking!

‘I couldn’t believe it when I saw it on the camera. It came right up to the front door.

‘My dog was at home in the front room at the time. I don’t know what he would’ve thought seeing a giant bird like that.’

Video footage showed the curious creature entering the porch before standing on the welcome mat and knocking into a plant several times.

Police eventually caught the emu and returned it home

Another clip showed two men and a boy chasing the bird as it walked into the driveway and grabbing on to it before it reached the door before escorting it off the property.

The animal was spotted by police and caught before being taken back to its home.

A spokesperson for Kent Police said: ‘At around 1.10pm officers on patrol in Maidstone assisted with returning an emu that had escaped from a residential property in the Loose area.’

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