CRIME

Honey, there's a turkey in the bedroom...

Ashley Luthern
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Washington County sheriff's deputies have a new favorite riddle: What key has legs but can’t open doors?

Washington County sheriff's deputies were called to help homeowners who discovered a wild turkey had broken a window and was destroying their bedroom.

A turkey.

On Sunday afternoon, residents of a home in the Town of West Bend heard a "commotion" from inside an upstairs bedroom.

They cracked open the door and were startled to see a turkey on the bed.

The homeowners called sheriff's deputies, who arrived five minutes later to find the turkey "destroying" the bedroom, according to a popular post on the department's Facebook page.

The turkey had broken through a second-story window. Deputies had a "plan to safely take the bird into custody without knocking the stuffing out of it," wrapped the bird in a blanket and took it outside.

"Although the deputies suspected fowl play, the turkey was released from custody with no charges," officials joked in the Facebook post.

Video of the turkey's release had been viewed more than 11,000 times by Monday evening.