A man spent two days swinging a dead rat on a piece of string to entice his pet owl down from a rooftop.
Mark Smith used a rat he kept in his freezer to encourage his pet Bengal Benny down from the top of St James House, in Peterborough.
The 32-year-old told the Peterborough Telegraph he lost Benny on Bonfire Night but was told by a missing pets site on Facebook and the Independent Bird Register she had been spotted in the city centre.
A Peterborough Telegraph reporter shared pictures of Mr Smith trying to tempt his owl down from the roof.
At the time, he said: "I could be here for hours. She's started talking which is a good sign."
After two days, he was reunited with Bengal Benny, who he has owned for 10 years.
