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I was almost done training and I was put on the radio station while the other dispatcher sat at the other console answering phones. We were scanning a neighboring county, when one of the dispatchers said need a unit to be enroute to certain road in the county complaint adv that he saw a large ball of fire in the sky and landed in the field adv field on fire. I heard that and I looked at the other dispatcher and he looked at me and we were speechless. I asked him did she just say what I thought she said and he said yes. So when the deputy cleared he said everything 10-4 10-8/24 e.t. phone home which I thought was funny Has anyone had any weird calls like this?

I’ve posted this one in Real 911 calls and DIspatch Group so sorry if its a repeat for ya’ll. At the previous agency I worked with we had this policy that if anyone asked for a deputy you must send one and let the deputy tell the person they really did not require LE assistance. Well 911 starts ringing and I answer and there is this man who is frantic stating he needs an ambulance and the police ASAP. When I begin pumping him for information he proceeds to tell me that the Green Monster is loose again and running down the street eating people. Imagine trying to maintain seriousness now. I motion for some other dispatchers to patch into the line so that they can hear what this gentlemen is telling me. Now here comes the best part after I disconnect I have to dispatch a deputy to this call so I compose myself and without breathing give the call out and just unkey because evryone in the 911 center is laughing now. Then the deputy responce back between his laughter with 10-4 10-59(enroute). Then he calls in and ask me if I was serious and when I played back the recording for him to hear he could not believe it. To make matters worst the guy called back a few times that day. In good fun when my deputy cleared he advised that the green monster could not be located at this time but to please leave a note for animal control to set some traps in the morning so we could try and apprehend it.

txdispatcher54 said:

I was almost done training and I was put on the radio station while the other dispatcher sat at the other console answering phones. We were scanning a neighboring county, when one of the dispatchers said need a unit to be enroute to certain road in the county complaint adv that he saw a large ball of fire in the sky and landed in the field adv field on fire. I heard that and I looked at the other dispatcher and he looked at me and we were speechless. I asked him did she just say what I thought she said and he said yes. So when the deputy cleared he said everything 10-4 10-8/24 e.t. phone home which I thought was funny Has anyone had any weird calls like this?

While on patrol one night I recieved a call of cat meowing to loud on a patio, I'm not making this up.

Here's another weird/crazy/ you have got to be kidding me call, thsi lady calls to report a theft. When asked what was taken from her she proceeded to say her pork roast. I said excuse me ma'am she yelled "MY PORK ROAST MY HUSBAND ATE IT ALL AND NOW I HAVE NO SUPPER!!!" Needless to say I had to send a deputy to her home because it was about to turn into a domestic over some pork roast.

I received a call from a female complaining of a Duck around her house she could hear it. We found nothing of any nature around her house. She calls back two days later to advise she wasn't crazy it was the message alert she had selected on her cell phone. Sounded just like a duck. LOL!!

PGPD911 said:

We are a complete service and community oriented department. With that said, we repond to EVERYTHING. We've had dogs barking too loudly and for too long, snakes (no, not on a plane) in garages, ducks at the Dunkin' Donut drive-thru, just to name a few -- and we still dispatch an officer. Luckily, the officers understand that we must dispatch all calls so they give us a light hearted "10-4" and they're on their way. You gotta love it!!

msherman7 said:

One summer night we got a call from a man who stated that his kids were missing. This sounded like a normal call at the beginning...The man stated that he lived down the road from one of our towers and that he's kids were usually home by now. He stated that his kids were ages 6,7 and 9 and he and his wife both worked during the day. They did not have money for day care and did not trust any of their neighbors so they would put them in the fenced cages at the base of the communications tower, that were around the guide wires. As he was relating this to me, he stated that "OMG! I forgot to leave the ladder this morning." and then hung up. Needless to say a deputy was dispatched and CPS was called.

I once had a person call and report our tower lights as a UFO before. Our tower is in the city so since the call was in that area I tranferred it to the PD... I just about choked on my coffee when they actually dispatched it out!!!!!

WELL I RECIEVED A CALL FROM A LADY ASKING WHO SHE NEEDED TO TALK TO ABOUT PEOPLE HARRASSING HER. WELL I SAID GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. SHE STATED THAT SHE DIDNT LIVE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO SO I ADV HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO CALL HER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SHE THEN ASKED IF SHE COULD JUST ASK A QUESTION I SAID SURE. SHE ASKED WHAT DOES SHE DO ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETTING HER .. THIS IS WHERE IS STARTED TO GET WEIRD.. THEN I STUPID ME ASKED HOW SHE WAS BEING TARGETTED SHE THEN STATED SHE WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE THROWING ELECTRONIC DEVICES THROUGH THE HANDICAPS WHEELCHAIRS AND BRACES AND THAT THEY WERE HITTING HER IN HER BUTT AND THEN ASKED WHAT WOULD YOU DO.... I WAS SPEECHLESS I WANTED TO SAY ARE YOU SURE YOU ARENT BEING TASED RIGHT NOW AND WHOEVER YOUR DOCTOR IS NEEDS TO UP THE DOSE TO YOUR MEDS.. I THEN STATED WE NEEDED TO STOP WASTING TIME ON THE LINE SHE NEEDED TO HANG UP AND CALL HER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RECIEVE THE HELP SHE THOUGHT SHE NEEDED. SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO YELL AT ME SO YOUR NOT GOING TO HELP ME I THEN SAID YOU ARENT IN THE STATE OF COLORADO ... THINKING OR MIND.. FOR ME TO HELP YOU SO HONESTLY MAM NO I AM NOT... SHE THEN HUNG UP... YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW HOW STUPID, PSYCHOTIC, AND JUST BRAINLESS PEOPLE ARE UNTIL YOU BECOME A DISPATCHER....

I was working the 3rd shift one night whil an MP in Georgia, the PM was on a "lets show the community we care" kick and so every acll was being responded to. It was a chilly night, arround mid 50's (chilly for georgia that time of year). Anyway, i was told that a lady had called in because her neighbors had gone out for the night and left the dog in the yard. The dog was not barking, so it wasnt a noise complaint. I arrive on sceena ns see this 200+lb St. Brenard sitting there in the fenced yard, quiet and content, had food and water, so I approach the complaintant to asses the problem and get this.....she was concerned the dog might be cold being left outside!!!

Ive had a few...so I'll summarize.

Bisexual teenage vampire girl run over in the street by her ex-boyfriend in front of her new girlfriend.....

Called to a forest for a group of Satanic worshippers. Came upon them walking down a dirt road, single file, with hoods over their heads and everyone carrying swords.....closest I came to shooting someone.

Called to a 25 yr old female's house, stating her ex-husband destroyed her property. When I arrived...nothing was damaged, but she thought it was. She screamed "THE BABY'S ROOM!!!" and ran up the stairs....I followed her into the nursery, all decorated with the finest in baby items.....I asked her where the baby was and she spun around and hollered at me "THERE IS NO BABY!!!!!" - Mental commitment on that one.

slorydn1 said:

I once had a person call and report our tower lights as a UFO before. Our tower is in the city so since the call was in that area I tranferred it to the PD... I just about choked on my coffee when they actually dispatched it out!!!!!

My weirdest call was the man who said that his wife killed herself with drano- UGH! I didn't believe him ... his neighbor called back a few mins later and confirmed that she did indeed kill herself in that way. Yugh! I dispatched the appropriate personnel!

I had just started and had just finished my training. I was working a midnight shift when this elderly lady called in stating that someone had stolen a green/orange knitted hat from her. I asked her for her address and she lived in the neighboring county so I was trying to politely tell her that she needed to call the county she was in, but then she said that the theft actually happened in our county and I said okay well where was it taken from and she named a local bar. Which this lady must had just left because she was highly intoxicated. I then asked her did she know who took it and all she could give me was some really talk black guy. The sad part about the whole thing is that I had to have a Deputy make contact with her so that she would calm down. I mean I wouldnt have freaked out about a green and orange knitted hat. My partner and I that night could stop laughing about it.