I AM NOT GOING TO THE DAMN HOSPITAL. SIR!? Lady calls about an injured animal off to the side of the road in a neighborhood with some of the highest crime in the area. I was berated at and called useless because I wouldn't send an officer to shoo it away for her. What is the address of your emergency? Maybe it's a low battery sound?Lady: No!Me: Did you damage the detector at all?Lady: NO!!! My favorite goes like this:Uncle: 911, what's your emergency?Caller: Yes, I'd like to report two suspicious vehicles passing something back and forth in Potawatomi park.Uncle: Ok, we'll send an officer out to assess.Uncle: Dispatch to car 45, two suspicious vehicles in Potawatomi park, passing items back and forth.Car 45: Uhhh...car 45 to dispatch, that's me and Officer Somethingerother, passing Cheetos...Uncle: 10-4. Didn't it run off after swinning the river?Caller: Yes.Me: Well ma'am it's a wild animal and I'd guess it's going to be fine.Caller: ok. One that happens more than you would think is parents calling asking help from the police to help parent their child. He had stopped to get gas or something and accidentally locked his keys in the car, and his mother couldn't figure out how to get out of the locked car. Man Calls for help after losing leg. if you can't google, can you use a telephone book? SOMEONE DID THIS ON PURPOSE. A woman called the local 911 in China … ""Yeah, I ordered chicken wings for delivery like an hour ago. Caller: I need an am-ba-lance.Me: What are you needing the ambulance for tonight?Caller: I need the am-ba-lance to come out and give me a pregnancy test.Me: Well, they don't carry that kind of equipment on board. We respect your privacy. On Monday, police in Wareham, Massachusetts, found themselves fielding an onslaught of calls about a strange sighting in Broad Cove. This woman saw a mouse in her house and was terrified and didn't know what to do because her husband was deployed, so she wanted an officer to come out and tak. ]911: Where is it located sir?BF: On the hillside just East of [City].911: Can you be more specific? If a caller starts the call with “I swear I’m … "There's a sophomore here, and I think he's too drunk.". The child was looking at us as if to say, "I'm sorry my mother is crazy. No one was around the wheelchair or calling for help, it was just sitting by a business so the caller wanted an officer to check it out. She was following him the whole time, and admitted he had his seatbelt on, wasn't texting or speeding, he just had his foot out the window. I'm sure he called GM(Game Manager,who deal with problems in on-line game,and usually not so helpful)first,then police.. Hello? That's probably how we will all end up. Roll my eyes and give the same speech, the girl asked "but is the helicopter ok? You're Dead!". Singer Justin Bieber has announced he is retiring. Guy called saying he'd been robbed, because he expected the guy to give the money back... My mom works as a 911 operator. We started scrambling together officers to get there ASAP, a big hassle considering it's rush hour and they're all dealing with accidents and stuff like that. Both mother and father had a very light skin tone. Let's say 4 weeks with 3.5 calls a day makes 14 calls. She was persistent because the kite cost $200. "Suspect is small, fast, and wearing a bandit mask. ""**** Hall parking lot. Guy got stuck head first in a kids slide with his arms stuck at his sides. 9-1-1 goes off. A man called to say his 50p coin was stuck in a washing machine at his local launderette and wanted police to retrieve it, "My neighbor is watering her lawn, and it's not her day to water the lawn. A grown man called at 2am once to report that he saw a cat running around outside and he thought it was a little too cold out and instead of stopping to try and get the cat himself, he wanted first responders to send out a search party. I’m dying. On top of that, we can't say what the issue is on the radio is because we have too many busibodies who monitor police radio, then call us to try to get juicy details, or othewise meddle. I hope that paramedic never gets dispatched to my house in an emergency. The mother was insisting we take them to the hospital so he could have his stomach pumped because he had swallowed chewing gum. Oh god, it's getting bigger! ""Is it a serious wound? Just before I dispatch PD she tells me that she saw it in her dream the night before. Just today a lady could not get off of her toilet. Bye!". Guy swallowed a light bulb and a battery hoping to get a script for narcotics. It took some back and forth before he finally explains it's the middle of the night. Female caller asking on 911 where she could find crack in her neighborhood. Replacing a transformer. "Caller: "You know what, you have a point..."Operator: "Yes, a 6 year old is definitely more mentally aware than a dog. Itchy f*cking nipples. "911, what is your emergency? Ooops! He called up out of breath and said there was a wild cat intimidating people so they could not enter or exit the building. My mom is a 911 operator, she gets some insanely stupid calls. Good thing stupid isn't contagious. You are brilliant! I looked at her file, and saw she was having pre-term contractions, so I explained that sexual activity can cause contractions, so it was safer to abstain so the baby could stay inside as long as possible.She tearfully exclaims, "But how will I feed the baby?!? A friend who used to be a police operator once told me she had a hysterical call from a Chinese lady, who was unintelligible but clearly distressed. We explained to him that we would not. She wasn't too please when I advised her it wasn't an emergency and she needed to call the service number on the parking meter. I want you to send the Police out to arrest them for theft of a hamburger patty. I dispatch for a variety of agencies including fish and wildlife. THE AM-BA-LANCE NEEDS TO COME OUT AND GIVE ME THE TEST!Me: I don't think you are hearing me, we don't have that equipment on board. 8. Someone had a bug crawl into their ear while he was sleeping. "Dispatcher: "Ma'm... Do you have an emergency? “I’ve been a police 911 operator for 15 years. Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! She wanted someone to come out and clean it up. ", "Yaeh right! ""You're f*cking 911 and you don't know my goddamn address? Once got 911 a call asking if our refrigerator was running.. "911, what's your emergency? If you are wanting to have them come get you and take you to the hospital to test you they could.Caller: I'm not going to the hospital. He keeps trying to get on the toilet, and....failing. me: sorry, my neighbor's basement is on fire. It finally occurred to her to drive to the nearby fire station, and one of the nice firefighters would fix it for her!!! One of my first calls. We connected her to a deputy who told her if she didn't stop calling 911 for stupid reasons he was going to ticket her for abuse of emergency communications. just text her or ghost her! ""I have an intruder in my house. are you bleeding? His daughter is 6 years old and was on the floor, the dog was...licking her in her privates. ahahahhahahaaa.. That's too funny. She got a call one time from a girl in gym class at the local high school. THERE IS A ROCK ON MY LAWN. and asked how she though their babies fed and grew. I had a woman calling hysterical, sounded really serious. One woman called 911 saying all of her smoke alarms were going off and her garage smelled funny. "My washing machine is telling me to file for bankruptcy." Why don't you try going to popular drugstore and just pick up the test there?Caller: They sell those there? "Caller: "Well, I think the dog has been molesting her. She wasn't In danger or stranded. Justin Bieber Has Broken Into His House. animal control has their own number, people. The best story I have is a guy who called about a bobcat in front of the library. Serious insults sound like a valid reason to call for cops...particually if they have a threatening tone... One was a very drunken college girl who was sobbing because she was so drunk and so cold that she was shivering and she couldn't get her house key into her door. I've heard people get stabbed to death and make less of a fuss. Lady called 911 because someone called her a whore. Well, I just got home and found out they gave me a single. How much are they? Upon our arrival we find a 14 year old male and his mother. “According to dispatch, an unknown male caller advised dispatch, ‘Somebody want to stab somebody, and me and my (inaudible) are stopping it,’” Romero wrote in a statement of probable cause. To be honest I don't think it's safe to drive a car with a foot sticking out of the window... A woman reported "either a fox or a werewolf" standing on a street corner. Lady called because her cat killer her roommates bird and there was blood and feathers everywhere. did you crawl out to bring 'em coffee and doughnuts?? Arrived to find an approximately 54 year old female patient absolutely SURROUNDED by cigarette butts, ash, and empty packs. He wanted us to arrest him and take his flags down. EMT here, I once responded to a man in his mid to late sixties lights and siren. ", At least they were honest...stupid, but honest. Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app! There was a helicopter in the area circling for several hours. Or even Bing it for god's sake! One of the responders spent a bit of time wondering aloud how they were going to break the "window" on the box without harming the kid.After a minute or two of this, a different responder put forth the suggestion that perhaps they should try inserting a couple of quarters first. So I answer another call, asking about the helicopter. Guy pulled up in a car and asked another guy for money. with the alien's baby. "Ma'm, What. !Me: Yes ma'am, total emergency, the Fire Department is on the way to help assist you...Night shift at 911 always got the best calls. To say they called the regular line and that girl they talked to wasn't very helpful (dude it's still me). O.K., that's probbly the worst one about stupid complain... get free sprinkle and be so upset about it that it become an emergency... "University 911, where's your emergency? On a Saturday. A rock? Please provide your email address and we will send your password shortly. He calls and says he was hiking and he wanted an escort out of the woods, where he chose to hike among nature, because he saw a bear. click. Maybe we could get that homicidal cat to take them out. I'd like to report a roberry. I can actually see the misunderstanding though. A couple weeks ago a woman called and said she put her daughter in a zero gravity machine to keep her safe and then accidentally shrunk her. For herself. Along a remote stretch of the … Sad there are so many ignorant bigots around. is the house on fire?" A man called to say his house was infested with hundreds of ant size dogs. From the power company. ", He then said: "She's fine - she didn't have a seizure she just passed out. TMZ.com released the audio of 911 calls made by Bieber's security team earlier this month when the woman had a medical emergency at his house in Calabasas, California. That pot which he had, would have been a premium one. What was strange, however, was that when I was about a quarter mile from the location, I had recognized it to be the old Market Train Station, which had been abandoned since before I … You can read more about it and change your preferences. I was just over at the Wendy's drive-through where I ordered a double. ""Ok, I haven't been to the fair yet, so I'm not sure where it is, but I am guessing they have one. Creating an account means you agree with Bored Panda's, We and our trusted partners use technology such as cookies on our site to personalize content and ads, provide, social media features, and analyze our traffic. The group has submitted a petition with the signatures of … Clearly it caused miles of traffic. I worked on 9/11. He's trying SO HARD and he just can't get on top of it.". The child was looking at us as if to say, "I'm sorry my mother is crazy. Got a call once of an empty wheelchair by a business. Stereotypes, be resolved! Not a 911 operator, but I do work for a kids helpline. A few years ago, over the course of a week a man called about 10 times to tell us he got his head stuck in a fish bowl and swallowed a fish. Are you hurt or in any danger? :). It's lighting up the sky around it...it's huge! Needless to say he was pissed. (He was living in a trailer on the property.) We had a call for a guy with a toothache. for being pregnant. "80 y/o male, took an ambien and feels drowsy" at around 2 am. ""DID YOU NOT F*CKING HEAR ME? Caller: I’ve been poisoned.Me: Ok, we’re sending an ambulance. One guy called FRANTICALLY saying that he saw the dead body of a young woman, early 20s, wearing nothing but shorts. I told her no and hung up on her. He was insisting on going to the hospital no matter how much we discouraged him.Then he keeled over and went into cardiac arrest. strange 911 calls Portland City Commissioner Who Wants To Defund Police By $18M Calls 911 On Lyft Driver. "Uh, I checked again, it's a dead deer. She was following him the whole time, and admitted he had his seatbelt on, wasn't texting or speeding, he just had his foot out the window.She wanted the police to pull him over, to which I had to explain he wasn't breaking any laws.She couldn't comprehend that driving with your foot out the window is not illegal, and proceeded to hang up on me, then call 911 again because apparently I didn't know the law and she NEEDED someone to stop this man. I was a 911 operator for a year, been in EMS 10 years. Giving her a ride with locked back-doors would probably have been the right "medicine". Doesn't anybody else see this?! if that was her response, i can see how she wasn't being helpful. Until you've dealt with an elderly person with dementia. One of my personal favorites was someone who called and it went like this:"I know this is not an emergency, but there is a person in a giant monkey suit running down the road humping all the fire hydrants"I had to hold back my laughing as best I could - turns out he was right, when I sent the police there there was a kid in a monkey costume humping every hydrant he came across. According to her there was a crack shortage in town and she was coming up empty everywhere. ""Umm....he's breathing and stuff, he just, he --- can't get on the toilet. John frantically calls 911 after losing his leg in an industrial … Have you tried going to the entrance and asking them?""No! After a moment of silence, she thanked me, and started to hang up the phone, but not before I heard her screaming her boyfriends name.That man had a good thing going for a while there. So we have to get these officers to their cars to read the computer, leaving other issues, etc. "C: "Huh. Get the best of Bored Panda in your inbox. Whoever disregards sexual education in schools, needs to read such stories... Just after I got cut loose from training, I received a priority one (meaning immediate response) animal ordinance call. Got a call from a guy wanting the police to come to his address because the guy he sold a bag of weed to wouldn't pay himGave me his name, address and date of birth and the name, address and phone number of the other guy as well.Both got a visit from unit soon afterwards. They were stars. Since we couldn't translate we took him to the closest hospital. ""I just, I need an ambulance""Can you tell me why? He added: "They're gonna take her to the hospital.". Would have been scary if that crash then actually happened... Had a woman call 911 because she saw someone driving down the road with his foot out the window. Oh god! Her emergency was that she was trying to get chicken. What the f*ck are my taxes paying you for? Why does an ambulance agrees to drive him?! The Google maps car might look like that to some less-technologically savvy people. Had another woman call saying her cat was stuck in a tree. I had a man call and complain because his neighbor had a Mexican flag flying above the American flag in his yard. I had to put in a call for paramedics because she said she was stuck to the thing. *Strange 911 Calls*A call came into 911 Emergency because two couples were going to share a hotel room and there weren't enough towels.A man called 911 and said: 'Please connect me to Switzerland. We're not a mobile pharmacy. Such a realistic picture, in HD. if it's been happening for years someone has been there at least once. It was a weird thing to happen but she didn't need to be so damn angry over something like that. Click here to view. I asked them not to put mushrooms on my pizza, as I'm allergic and they forgot, so it's attempted murder". I was confused and asked her, to clarify, if she was needing to determine who the father of a child was, she'd have to maybe contact a clinic. ""Sir, what is your address? Fight boredom with iPhones and iPads here. "One year later, same address, same family, called for poisoning. I would like to learn the background of the shorts... "911, what is the address of the emergency? Apparently there's this wild turkey near one of the backroads near the interstate for the past few weeks. "No, can you give me something to sleep? "... ... ..." "Well, what are you going to do about it? I never really did figure out what exactly they wanted me to do about it. LOL. Some dude was getting chased by a bobcat in Victoria. Call some officers over to perform an 187 again... A guy called hoping we could go in and recover his bondage equipment from a friend's house after that friend died. But because I'm not medically trained, if the patient says it is an emergency, I have to page it. He explains relationship problems so we think domestic. The mother was insisting we take them to the hospital so he could have his stomach pumped because he had swallowed chewing gum. I remember a few years ago, there was a huge pileup involving several cars and fatalities. The Long Island Serial Killer. Not a 911 operator but a friend is. She was just super high. natural selection. Once a man called wanting us to come out and remove the squirrels from his neighbor's trees because they were occasionally dropping nuts in his yard and he was tired of cleaning them up.I told him no one would remove squirrels so he asked that someone remove the trees from his neighbor's yard. Picture: GettySource:Supplied. DAYS after Justin Bieber announced he was retiring from music, strange audio from a series of 911 calls have been released, which reveal a young woman in distress at one of his famous house parties. I know it's 4 am, but the basement is on fire. Funny, Strange & Unusual 911 Calls. The division from which the strange 911 calls were registered and coming from, is engaged in servicing (mainly, repairing) the company’s phones. There are really strange people on Earth... how many of those post concern idiotic people calling 911 to complain about the illegal stuff their doing? Picture: Instagram. Complainant (person calling 911) is very nervous and upset, thinks they're casing the neighborhood to burglarize houses because it's a nice area. 10-08Fkn idiot. You took my husband to the hospital, but you left his dog here and now it has to pee. ]BF: Yes, [gives a more detailed location]. Error occurred when generating embed. 3am 911 call for unknown medical aid, lights and sirens. ", "911, what's your emergency? Man called and asked us if we could dispatch police to his home for assistance. He was NOT happy with me. This shift he got off work a few hours late...BF: I'd like to call and report a fire. One woman called because she thought her house was being shot at. I can't walk outside. "Breathless, panicky voice "How do I get the cranberry sauce out of the can without it coming out in chunks? Caller: My phone is locked and I can only make emergency calls.Operator: Is this an emergency? Upon arrival, what's wrong sir? I'm at a loss for words as this wasn't the emergency I was expecting, meanwhile I'm looking to my supervisor for some assistance and she is laughing so hard she can't help. Weiguang Fong, 61, was arrested after a mysterious 9-1-1 call brought Pueblo County responders' attention to a building that was housing an illegal marijuana nursery. So guy have him $40. Yes, there are these people. Some people need to get a bill for occupying ambulances and firetrucks. Toothache, or aching in the jaw, is a potential symptom of a heart attack. I was on the phone with him for a while before I suggested sliding the door instead of pushing it … ""Sir, this is an emergency line. You could hear the anxiety and concern in her voice. “I’m not crazy…” I have been in the 911 biz for over 22 years. Says she's locked in a closet with her kids. 9-1-1 goes off. Apparently she was borrowing a friend's phone that could only make emergency calls. I’ve had someone call 911 to find out how long to smoke a brisket. News_Rich_Media: A bodyguard for Justin Bieber has been filmed kicking and threatening to slash the tyres of a parazzo in Sydney. ARE YOU LISTENING?!? Everybody knows that you don't make 911 calls unless you've got an emergency, right? Weird 911 call leads to marijuana bust in … Not even squirrels that are acting weird, just squirrels. She thought they were going to crash land. They're on the other side of the fence. ", he answered "security". Callers who missed their alarm and were going to be late for a flight wanting officers to take them to … A quite pregnant (don't remember exactly how far along, but definitely past 30 weeks) woman calls to say that her doctor told her to refrain from having sex for the rest of the pregnancy and she didn't understand why. News_Image_File: Singer Justin Bieber in happier times. What's worse, to be infested of 100 ant sized dogs or 1 dog sized ant? I wanted to scream. Had a guy call asking if it was legal to shoot his neighbor because his hedges were hanging over his property and he considered it tresspassing. You need to come take it out. Either way, I don't think it's something the police can handle, I can give you the number for animal control if you want? She is now between the carpet and the carpet padding and you can see her moving around like a worm underground. It was the Google maps car... Hahaha! I had a caller who said she witnessed a car accident. Then you'll realize just how dumb some people can be and how unbelievable their short stories are. She's in her early twenties. Eventually I had gotten a call to pick someone up at an unmarked location. ""Yeah, uhh, I'm at and I'm in a wheelchair. "Caller: "Oh ok, thanks buddy! Google it! I told him to keep away from it and stay on the line.When I got there I found a tabby cat perched on a bench.I verified the caller and the cat he called about. Just got off work and the last call of the night was a group of college girls running back and forth around their apartment from a possum, squealing (the girls, not the possum). Load More Articles THANK YOU! Let's keep in touch and we'll send more your way. Can look quite scarry in dimmed light! Not me but a family member who was a dispatcher for 20+ years: Someone called in because a kid (5-6 or so) had somehow gotten locked inside a newspaper box- you know, the kind with a window on the front that lets you see the front page. The Bored Panda iOS app is live! "C: "It's driving my dogs crazy! A guy called in asking when someone was going to come pick up a bucket of possums. Picture: AFP. It was prime time for drunk people needing to get home. have you heard of a thing called google? Box opened, kid got out and was fine, and no paper boxes were harmed. A paramedic was mowing his lawn, for reasons still unexplained stuck his hand under the mower, sliced off half a finger, called 911 and requested an airlift to the trauma center. Had a woman call because her "baby" wasn't breathing, so we gave her instructions to do CPR. At 3AM. ", Got a call from a guy wanting the police to come to his address because the guy he sold a bag of weed to wouldn't pay him, "I'd like to report a suspicious man, the only description I can give is he is turkish / middle eastern". And a call for the police department because her door was locked and we needed forced entry. After some training I was finally taking calls and the very first 911 call that came in was from a middle-aged man who was driving with his elderly mother. Excuse me Sir, not cool! F*cking useless. A GODDAMN ROCK. and he confirms this was the case. Single. I need to get into line now!". You are telling me that it it's alarming with no power source...? We had an old woman call in and say there was two guys dress in blue trying to break in her house and rape her. 15 year old girl said there was a 3 foot monster, we thought it was a rabid dog. I went over to the cat with him and started pet him, he rolled over and let me scratch his belly.The guy was shocked and said "oh, someone has domesticated it. "Sir, I got not a rock, but a god damn idiot on the line – I still do not scream.". HEAR! To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you. God bless her... "I was watching porn, and a window popped up telling me the FBI locked my computer for viewing child porn.". Guy who went with two girls to a hotel room for sexy times called to complain they stole $50 and kicked him out of the room, my senior dispatcher told him it wasn't theft, it was payment for services rendered, but he'd be happy to send an officer to arrest him as well. Had a lady trying to call an ambulance because she opened a package from Amazon at home and she was afraid that that her kid was about to have a major allergic reaction... From the packing Peanuts.... because the kid was allergic to peanuts, and when her kid mentioned what they were called, she freaked out. I heard a few sniffles on the other end of the line and then a quiet "Oh yeah, I forgot the door went like that.". Cops are busy with people getting shot and stuff. On the call, a member of Bieber's team asks paramedics to come to help the woman "in her early 20s" who is "hyperventilating". 911: "is there a house on top? 911 responder (paramedic) here. ", Caller: "I want to file charges against my granddaughters dog. "I wasn't considered so brilliant once I had to dispatch an officer over there to educate her on proper 9-1-1 usage. ""It's kind of entrancing. me: the basement, is on fire. I imagine she was very tired, poor woman. "Operator(trying not to laugh): "Sir, are you sure that the dog is the suspect or the victim? NH & MA 911 Calls (and other oddities) August 20, 2014: Lakes Region NH: Man with leg pain due to a wound from being bit by his fiance. 'A lady called 911 because of a fight going on in a parking lot. I got a call once from a lady asking for a ride from the grocery store. ", Not a 911 operator, but I do work for a kids helpline. "M: "Yes, ma'am. I HAD TO DRIVE AROUND IT ON MY LAWNMOWER. what's the rest of the story? "There's a sophomore here, and I think he's too drunk. His mom found out and apologized, but it was still really nice of her to end her time to him :p, Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app. Once had a mouse run through our living room. "C: "Ok. ""Do you think he has alcohol poisoning? the club isn't the best place to find a drink so the bar is where I go, Lady called 911 because someone called her a whore.Her words (*translated): "I'm calling 'cuz they're calling me a whore and no man has ever f*cked me!