A Scottish holiday maker has spoken out about the moment he was fleeced by a parrot in the South Island province of Milford Sound, which then escaped back in to the surrounding hillsides, leaving him dazed and confused.
Receiving a phone call from the parrot pretending to be his brother, the Scotsman was tricked into releasing all his personal information and then, to make things worse, the parrot arranged to meet him in a secluded area of his New Zealand holiday complex, where he talked him out of his wallet and passport.
“This is a worrying new trend,” stated a South Island policeman. “The parrots have never ventured this far into residential areas before, but the fraudsters have got them so well trained now; this is the sixth attack that’s been reported so far.”
However, a police spokesman told us they believe there have been many more attacks but these have largely gone unreported. Victims are either too embarrassed to come forward or fear they won’t be believed and the police have called for greater support for victims of parrot-related crime to tackle this problem.
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