'Beaver illegal' scares Polish village

Residents of the Polish village of Krzemen-Pervszy mistook a noisy animal in the basement for a person and asked for help. Police and firefighters found a beaver there. About the incident on October 24 in the Lublin Voivodeship reports radio "Eska" with reference to the local volunteer fire brigade.

The call came at 10:48 local time. A police crew and firefighters from two units were sent to the scene.

There were no strangers in the basement. Instead of the alleged intruder, rescuers found a beaver who climbed into the room, made noise and dug in there.

No animal was injured. Firefighters helped him out of the basement and returned him to his natural habitat.

According to eyewitnesses, the beaver was clearly not happy that his shelter had to leave, and left, dissatisfied with grumble.