16 Internet users shared the most bizarre calls they’ve ever received working in emergency centers

Emergency call center operators receive many calls a day. And some of the urgent calls are capable of perplexing the entire department. A thread on this subject was created on Reddit, in which operators shared the most bizarre stories that ever happened on the job.

O awesome.club selected the funniest stories from Internet users to share with you. Follow!

Once, our dog got tangled up in the telephone cord and ended up dropping it. My mother, who was in the kitchen, noticed that he started dragging the device everywhere and, without containing her emotion, she screamed that she was going to kill him. Somehow, when the device went down, he called the emergency services and the attendant heard part of the threat and suddenly 6 police officers showed up at our house demanding to search every room in the property. It was a fun break from math homework. © JerseyHobie / Reddit I once got a call from a lady whispering in a low, terrified voice. I immediately went on high alert, figuring she was hiding from a burglar or something. Then she started:
“There’s… a deer… outside.”
“… A deer?”
– Yea! Come please!
“Okay… what’s the deer doing?”
“He’s standing over there!” Please, you have to hurry!
I asked a few more questions as it was all so confusing. The deer wasn’t trapped, it wasn’t injured, it wasn’t sick. Just standing in the backyard. I asked if she had tried to scare the animal. She whispered louder stating no, as she was afraid of making any noise or movement and the animal would get enraged and break down the door to attack her. I sent an officer because she insisted. The deer fled as soon as she heard the car stop, it was an animal after all. And just like that, the life of the terrified woman who had never seen a deer before was saved. © Informal_Analysis / Reddit I get funny calls all the time. One day, a pizza delivery guy called saying that he couldn’t reach his destination because of a rooster that was standing in the middle of the road. I stayed on the line with the guy as he begged the animal to move. © placeintheways / Reddit My grandfather was an assistant marshal and occasionally answered emergency calls. One day they called from our number and address. He was already expecting the worst:
My grandfather: “Emergency service, what happened?”
Child crying: “He said the ‘C’ word!”
My grandfather: “Who said the ‘C’ word?”
Child: “My brother! He told me to shut up!”
My grandfather: “Oh, no. He will have many problems. Please put your grandmother on the line, okay?”
My younger brother called emergency services because I had told him to shut up. We were very lucky that it was my grandfather who answered the call. © CrazedMagician / Reddit

My brother works as an emergency service attendant. I once gave my son my cell phone to play with and he accidentally called the emergency number. By happy coincidence, my brother answered the call. I think my son just wanted to talk to his uncle that day. © graypumpkins / Reddit My wife works at the fire department. One day a lady called offering to donate a building for fire training. After asking a few questions my wife found out it wasn’t a building but a trailer. Upon further questioning, she further discovered that the trailer was not the lady’s, that it had been abandoned on her property. A few more questions and the situation was this: the trailer belonged to the woman’s ex-husband, he was living there and didn’t want to leave. She wanted the fire department to burn everything down. © Camoern / Reddit I had just certified to be an EMS dispatcher and was forced to work overtime on my first shift. In the course, we were told that it is not up for discussion if the person claims to have seen something. After midnight, a lady called me saying she saw a chupacabra outside her house and insisted that an officer patrol the area. Not long after, my colleague called me saying that he saw a kangaroo jumping in the street. © Brent_L / Reddit It was a holiday and I had to put in some overtime. I was sitting next to a coworker and a lady called to complain about the loud music from the neighbors. When the call was ending, she asked:
– How are you?
I thought my mic was on mute and the woman couldn’t hear me, so I said to my colleague:
“Well, it’s Thanksgiving, but I’m here dealing with your neighbors’ loud music. So how do you think I’m doing?
The woman laughed and said “Okay”.
I got desperate and realized I hadn’t muted the call, so I continued:
“Can you hear me now?
– Yea
“Well… I’ll be very honest with you ma’am, I thought my mic was on mute when I said that and I’m sorry… I was trying to make a joke to my colleague and…
– It’s all right. You don’t have to explain yourself. I understand. Just tell my neighbors to be quiet!
– Yes ma’am. Let’s send someone.
“Thanks for what you do, I honestly haven’t thought about the fact that you guys have to be away from your families. But seriously, thank you.
“Thank you, ma’am, thank you!” I replied almost in tears.
The woman ends by saying, “Now tell my neighbors to shut up.” © Hothcookies / Reddit

One guy stuck his head inside the cat house and got stuck. To make matters worse, the cat was inside. During the call, the man tried in every way to calm the cat down: “Be patient, bro, I didn’t want to be in that situation either.” But there was no way, he ended up getting a lot of scratches and had to go to the hospital after the rescue. By the way, he managed to call emergency services through a watch smartwatch🇧🇷 © Razvee / Reddit A girl called and said someone had broken into her house and stolen a few things besides her watch smartwatch🇧🇷 Later, when she went to visit her ex-boyfriend, a message arrived on her cell phone saying that the device had been synced with her watch. © GameDrain / Reddit A man called reporting that he had “a monster trying to get into his son’s room”. He had a really thick accent and I had a hard time understanding him, so he handed the phone to his son. The monster had climbed a tree and was at the boy’s window. It was as big as your dog, but with tiny hands and feet. I asked the boy if the animal had white stripes on its tail. The answer was positive. Got it all. They had just moved to the US and had never heard of raccoons. © asportate / Reddit I’m a paramedic and we got a call saying “a baby’s head had gotten stuck in a gate”. On the way we received news that the fire department was also heading to the scene. Arriving there, we came across a shiba inu dog stuck at the gate happily wagging its tail. We asked the owner where the baby was, and he responded by pointing to the animal. We leave the rest to the fire department. The attendant had a great laugh when we explained why no babies were going to be taken to the hospital. © Kelennis / Reddit

I know an attendant who received a call from a person asking him to return the call at a certain time to wake him up. © Lakersmikе / Reddit I’m not a dispatcher, but I called emergency services once when I was 4/5 years old. That day we had taken a fire safety course at school and were told that if we saw smoke, call 911, get down on the floor and roll over. Well, when I got home, I saw smoke coming out of the oven. It wasn’t a fire, just my mother burning a cake. I picked up the phone, dialed the number, put it on the table next to me and started rolling around on the floor. My mother was shocked when she saw me and asked what I was doing. The best thing was that she had to explain the reason for the call to the operator. © EterniumInfinitum / Reddit

I called the emergency services once because I cut my finger and I wanted to speak to my mother, who worked there as an attendant. I called crying asking to speak to her. My mother was very irritated with my father for not waking up when I tried to talk to him first. © RAnDomBandGirl / Reddit I got a call from a guy who was worried about a seagull in a restaurant parking lot. He thought the bird was injured. When he tried to check if the animal was ok, the animal started screaming, the guy too, so I had trouble distinguishing what was going on. Then I could hear a sound like wings flapping, and then a brief silence. All of a sudden, the panting guy started yelling that he needed an ambulance because he was having a heart attack and the bird had flown away. I wasn’t sure if he was serious, so I decided to request an ambulance just in case. During the process he was quiet for a while and said “I think I’m fine, I’ll call you back later”, hung up and didn’t answer my calls anymore. I always think of him when I pass by that restaurant. © indigofoxgivesnofox / Reddit

What’s the weirdest call you’ve ever received? Tell us in the comments section.