Residents of a Huyton estate were left baffled by a "weird squawking" noise that had been ringing around for the last week.
A resident of the Bluebell Estate wrote in the Huyton Times Chat Facebook group asking what the weird noise was that had been leaving them stumped for a week.
They described the noise as a "weird squawking, siren like sound" which could be heard around the Bluebell Estate in Huyton in the mornings and at night.
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They later said it was the "strangest, most annoying sound ever," before adding it was "horrific."
Other residents were equally as mystified by the sound - with one resident wondering if the sound could be a parrot or another bird stuck somewhere in a tree.
A second resident also felt it could be from a bird, writing: "Maybe it's a bird stuck in the house."
A third person wrote: "Put on Scouse Pets. Someone lost a pet parrot a while back and said it squawked. Have a look in trees close by. There is also a hawk so could be feeding."
Another person from a neighbouring estate also felt it could be coming from an animal, adding it sounded like a fox.
But another resident said the sound was "scary" and they worried it could be a woman screaming.
The mystery was eventually solved after someone walked past a house on Salerno Drive and heard the peculiar sound ringing out.
They wrote: "I thought I was going mad and there was some sort of baby bird squawking but it's the alarm on the side of the house."
Another person confirmed it, adding: "It's a house alarm on Salerno. I walk past it every day."
Even then, residents were reluctant to believe it was a house alarm due to the strange nature of the sound.
One replied: "I'd heard that house alarm for the last few months and it was a normal alarm sound. This is now a new squawking sound."
But one resident saw the funny side, writing: "Don't be alarmed. It is an alarm. Which is alarming people around."
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