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On the morning of September 23, 2026, police in Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture received a report that “an ostrich is wandering around,” with multiple sightings called in by nearby residents. Witnesses say it was headed toward JR Moriyama Station, and police are tracking its whereabouts. On 5ch, reactions ranged from comparisons to the extinct moa bird to worries about getting kicked, with some users even posting old footage of an ostrich supposedly filmed in the prefecture — a lively mix of responses to a story whose details remain unconfirmed.
Posted 8:22 AM, Wed 9/23
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Police in Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture, received a report that “an ostrich is wandering around.” Multiple sightings have been reported to police in the area, and officers are searching for it.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Might be an elephant bird
At least make it a mammal (´・ω・`)
Checking the station's security cameras should reveal which train it boarded
Cut it some slack, poor thing
Hopefully a tranquilizer dart lands
But can they even get close?
Don't get so caught up staring that you provoke it into coming at you
Stay calm and clear the area quickly
At this point AI-generated ones would do
Even with herons and the like, trying to catch one can get your carotid artery or eyes stabbed
Could be this
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1816792673224916994/vid/avc1/1080×1920/VUheRAwHil8sdPev.mp4
Yuzu Kotobuki (RiNCENT♯) @rincent_yuzu, July 26, 2024
[I Went to Meet an Ostrich]
https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1816792673224916994/img/DWIH2EuPCHWdLvm2.jpg
https://x.com/rincent_yuzu/status/1816792782587277588
It's got three legs lol
Apparently they can keep running at 70 km/h for dozens of minutes
They can grow to about 2 meters tall and 100 kg, so they're about as scary as a bear
In Japan, Hokkaido's probably the only place with enough room for it to hit those numbers
That's an emu, right?
Hasn't posted in ages though
There are foxes in the fields on the plains,
nutria and raccoons near the water,
and of course monkeys, deer, and bears in the mountains.
And in the city center or around Karasuma Peninsula, Takanori Nishikawa (the Shiga-born musician) turns up from time to time.
On par with the 20th century's Dead Sea Scrolls
That's scarier than a bear
We're already trying our best, see
'Pudgy Man in White Cape, Sunglasses, and Afro Hair Stands Defiantly Exposing Himself in Nighttime Sapporo Neighborhood — Police Issue Warning' [Shoukou-san★]
https://asahi.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1790060141/
Savannah Chance! (a bonus round in the Beast King slot machine)
Background and Talking Points
Ostriches are large birds said to run at speeds of around 70 km/h, and a kick from one can cause serious injury, so the standard advice when spotting one is not to approach and to move away quickly. At the time of this article, it hadn’t been determined whether this was an animal that escaped from a breeding facility or one kept privately. In the thread, some users posted footage apparently filmed of an ostrich in the prefecture in the past, suggesting it might be the same animal — though that remains speculation. While multiple sightings had been reported, no photos from the scene had circulated as of posting, which likely explains the joking comparisons to extinct birds like the moa and elephant bird, reflecting just how few details have been confirmed at this stage.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “[Shiga] ‘An Ostrich Is Wandering Around’ — Ostrich on the Loose in Moriyama? Multiple Sightings From Nearby Residents, Headed Toward JR Moriyama Station?.”
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