Pelzer deputies try to lasso a loose emu – 'That's a big ol' bird'
Greenville County deputies in Pelzer, South Carolina, were called to an emu loose near Highway 418. A lasso did not go to plan; a local with emu-wrangling experience finished the job.
When deputies in Pelzer, South Carolina, were called to an emu loose near Highway 418, the official toolkit did not stretch quite as far as they hoped.
Body-worn camera footage shows a Greenville County deputy trying, and repeatedly failing, to lasso the bird. “That’s a big ol’ bird,” he observed, which is both accurate and not especially helpful. Backup arrived and boxed the emu in with patrol cars. A neighbour produced chicken feed, and then a local with actual emu-wrangling experience gently wrestled it down, UPI and FOX Carolina reported.
Representative photo: an emu at the boundary of Stokes National Park, Western Australia (January 2024) – not Limu. Photo: Calistemon / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).
AI illustration – imagined lasso attempt; not the bodycam footage.
AI illustration – imagined stand-off; not the actual deputies or bird.
The emu, named Limu, now lives on a farm in Honea Path. The lasso, we assume, has been quietly returned to the cupboard.
Reported by UPI Odd News (11 Nov 2026) and FOX Carolina (10 Nov 2026).
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