{"id":372891,"date":"2026-01-16T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:46:16","slug":"who-said-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372891\/","title":{"rendered":"Who said that?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida\u2019s quote of the day<\/p>\n

“In my 25 years, I’ve never handcuffed an emu.”<\/p>\n

— Thomas Keisler<\/p>\n

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has had plenty of run-ins with wildlife from bears, to alligators to snakes, but securing the world’s second-largest bird in handcuffs is certainly out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n

“In my 25 years, I’ve never handcuffed an emu,” Cpl. Thomas Keisler said. “This is definitely a new one.”<\/p>\n

It started with a very mobile but flightless bird on the loose causing some commotion amid traffic on County Road 13 at about 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 9, according to the Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

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