[BITList] HOW DID THE GOOSE KNOW

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    *Officer James Givens has served with the Cincinnati Police
    Department for over 26 years, but has never quite experienced
    anything like this before.*


    *He was sitting in his patrol car in a parking lot when he got an
    unexpected visitor.*


    *A goose came up to his car and started pecking on the side of it.*


    *He threw food out for her, thinking that's what she wanted, but she
    didn't take it.*


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    *She continued to peck and quack, then walked away, stopped, and
    looked back at Officer Givens.*


    *Then she came back to his car and pecked at it again.   She made it
    very obvious that she wanted Officer Givens to follow her, so he
    finally got out of his car and did just that.*


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    *The goose led him 100 yard away to a grassy area near a creek.
    Sitting there was one of her babies, tangled up in a balloon
    string.  The baby was kicking its feet, desperate for help.*


    *Being wary of helping the baby on his own, and worried that the
    goose might attack him, Givens called for help from the SPCA, but no
    wildlife rescuers were available at the moment.*


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    *Luckily, Given's colleague, Officer Cecilia Charron, came to help. 
    She began to untangle the baby, and the mother goose just stood
    there and watched, quacking.  She didn't become aggressive, and just
    let Officer Charron do what she had to do to set the baby free.*


    *It was like the mother goose knew they were helping.  Once Charron
    untangled the baby, she put it down and it ran right to her mom, and
    they went right to swimming in the creek.*


    *Charron teared up and said it was the highlight of her 24 years on
    the force.*


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    *"It seems like something made up.  It was just incredible," Givens
    said. "I honestly don't know why I decided to follow her, but I
    did.  It makes me wonder – do they know to turn to humans when they
    need help?"*


    *We may never know the answer to this question, but what we do know
    is that Officer Givens was in the right place at the right time to
    help these geese!*

    *Life is precious.*
    *A great story with a good ending.*

    	




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