Rusty Kiwi

It’s never a good thing to have to call an emergency number, but as these stories will show, some people’s idea of an emergency is different than others!

Note- Calling an emergency number is not a joke,, 911 is for true emergencies only - these are just true examples of how weird people can be.

- A Bozeman, Montana woman called 911 to report that some men had broken into her house and stolen her beanie babies.

- A woman called 911 in Point Reyes Station, California to report that a man knocked on her door and asked her for a drink and some graham crackers.

- A thirteen year old boy called 911 to report he had “stuff” coming out of his belly button. Paramedics were sent to the scen and determined it was belly-button lint.

- Two eleven year old girls from Marblehead, Massachusetts, called 911 in a panic last May. No one was hurt - their toilet was just overflowing.

- A woman from an undisclosed location called 911 to ask how to make meatballs. This 911 call was featured in it’s entirety on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

- In Gorham, Maine, a woman called 911 to report that a man driving a pick-up truck stuck his tongue out at her.

- A man in logan, Utah called 911 to report that he had found a dirty diaper in his mailbox, but that the diaper had no return address.

- A caller from Palm Beach, Florida dialed 911 to report that two turkey sandwiches had been stolen from his kitchen.

- A Grass Valley, California woman called 911 to report that she had recieved a junk email message.

- A six year old Maryland girl called 911 because she couldn’t find her 101 Dalmation shorts.

- In Erie County, NY 911 was called to a residence to remove a Tic Tac from a three year old girls nose.

- A dispatcher in Baltimore, Maryland picked up a call of a man whose flashlight had been stolen, and he wanted it back.

- A New Mexico couple called 911 from a Taco Bell restaurant to complain to police that even though they paid for their entire order, two soft tacos were missing.