Beaver blocks entrance to Chick-fil-A, gets courtesy ride from police
Jun 17, 2015, 9:36 AM | Updated: 12:36 pm
The beaver exits the Bellevue police patrol car. (Bellevue Police Department)
(Bellevue Police Department)
Beavers may be great architects, but perhaps they aren’t the best with directions.
Bellevue police helped one such beaver Monday evening after it found its way into the Chick-fil-A parking lot, and had difficulty making its way back home.
“The beaver somehow got himself on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to Chick-fil-A and there was lot of traffic there,” said Amanda Jensen with the Bellevue Police Department.
“He seemed disoriented,” she said. “They were just concerned about him getting hit.”
The other concern was the line of cars waiting to enter the fast food restaurant. Bellevue’s new Chick-fil-A location has become renowned for causing heavy traffic as patrons drive through.
Being a good neighbor, a Bellevue police officer gave the little guy a ride home, or at least to the front door of the nearby pond where he has taken up residence.
“The officers used a dog catching pole and wrangled him into the car,” Jensen said. “And they brought him to a pond area where it is known that beavers are.”
After hopping in, a short ride, and hopping back out, it was dam-sweet-dam for the clever rodent.
