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| Goose smashes through Nottingham taxi window | Goose smashes through Nottingham taxi window |
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| It sounds like the quintessential wild goose chase - police called to reports a bird has smashed a taxi window. | It sounds like the quintessential wild goose chase - police called to reports a bird has smashed a taxi window. |
| But that is exactly what officers in Nottingham found on Monday. | |
| The force posted a picture on social media of the glass-smashing goose perched on passenger seats in the back of the cab in Dunkirk area of the city. | |
| The animal was taken to a vet for a check-up while the unfortunate taxi driver has been left having to cover the costs of the broken window. | The animal was taken to a vet for a check-up while the unfortunate taxi driver has been left having to cover the costs of the broken window. |
| In a tweet, police joked the bird may have been trying to get to to Nottingham's Goose Fair, an annual event which is taking place this week. | In a tweet, police joked the bird may have been trying to get to to Nottingham's Goose Fair, an annual event which is taking place this week. |
| Taxi driver Nayyar Tabasam said he had just dropped off a passenger at university when he heard "this big crashing sound" and found the misguided flyer in the back of his car. | |
| "I thought somebody had thrown something at the car for a start so I slowed down to see if I could see anyone around but there was no-one," he said. | |
| "It was a shock at the time, I didn't see anything as the goose was coming from the side and it made a lot of noise." | |
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