1,500 Birds Invade House Through Chimney

It was a scene straight out of Hitchcock’s 1963 horror flick “The Birds” for one Torrance, California, homeowner, who says hundreds of birds flew into her home through the chimney. “There were birds coming out of everywhere. It was insane,” the homeowner said. It took them three whole days to remove more than 1,500 birds by hand. The birds left quite a mess in their wake. Incredibly, the same thing just happened 100 miles north in Montecito, but a steel grate kept 1,000 birds out of the house. #InsideEdition

[TheVincentVanGogh]

Shout out to the guy who counted the birds.

[ituesday]

I bet animal control didn't believe her. "You have like, a thousand birds in your house? They flew in through the chimney? Um yeah, whatever, just leave the doors open." 😭

[OrangeOnesGaming]

I think the scariest part is having to clean up all the droppings from the birds 😭

[jir]

"Leave your doors open" is great advice for one bird that accidentally comes in. A flock of birds seeking shelter is a different matter entirely.

[re]

Imagine sitting down watching tv and chilling. Then you hear the sound of chirps getting closer and closer....

[Abcdefghijk]

The fact animal control or the wildlife people didn’t lift a finger to assist them is just unacceptable.

[anubhav]

I have a feeling, This house is going to be featured in one of the documentaries which showcase real life hauntings.

[larrybruce]

Many chimneys have a "fire arrester". It's a fine mesh screen mounted on the chimney to avoid birds, squirrels, leaves, and miscellaneous from entry. The purpose is to avoid fire, ashes, and cinders from exiting the chimney and causing a roof fire. This may not have been installed but is building code in many states. I would look in to having one installed.

[starr]

These birds remind me of my family members. They just show up uninvited and then they dont leave until you force them to.

[DeviantScvanger]

I’m so glad this guy made the Alfred Hitchcock reference, that’s the whole reason I clicked on this video

[pilotmannn]

There was probably a parent that wouldn’t let the child receive his hogwarts letter

[zenthous]

New fear unlocked: birds flying into my house and watching over me as I sleep

[NWednesdayQuansah]

Whenever I start to worry about whether or not I'm good enough at my job, I'm going to remember that the Animal Control in that town literally told this poor lady to just open her door when 1500 birds flew into her house. Like, what!!!???

[highstereolove]

This is why you shouldn’t play Jumanji 😉

[dablooo]

This is why you need to have a door or cover to your fire place

[festerallday]

These birds used to nest in hollow dead standing trees. Not a lot of those around anymore

[fabioguedesteixeira]

Dude.. Even for Harry Potter the owls waited outside for him to read the acceptance letter, this kid musta be a heck of a wizard!

[thebosstex]

I never knew that something like this could happen. I’ve never seen birds act like this before

[darthslackus]

Imagine this was happening while you were watching 'The Birds', or any horror movie for that matter.

[danny_perez]

"...is Carrey's mom's boyfriend."

He said it like if we know them.