In a thick West Country accent, he tells the operator: "I just needed to double check if this is something that needs to be reported to you guys... I just got chased by a badger.<br /><br />"It's in the Yeovil area. Is that something you guys would need to know about?"<br /><br />The puzzled female call handler asks him: "You got chased by a badger?"<br /><br />He replies: "Yeah, I was just wondering if that's something you need to be aware about. I've literally just got away."<br /><br />The disbelieving operator says: "No... that's not something we would deal with."<br /><br />The baffled caller then goes on to ask if he should contact animal control, to which the operator replies: "Um... you could contact them. Where has it gone?"<br /><br />"Well, I didn't see where it went," the man explains.<br /><br />"Basically, I sort of ran away and after dangling my keys a bit and sort of shouting at a bit it ran off.<br /><br />"It was quite vicious. It wouldn't stop running for a good, like, 20 or 30 feet."<br /><br />The call handler then politely interrupts him and says: "Yeah, I'd contact them.<br /><br />"There's nothing that we would be able to do unfortunately."<br /><br />To which the man replies: "Oh right. Well, I just thought I'd better double check."<br /><br />The call handler then says: "That's fine, not a problem. Glad you're OK," before hanging up.<br /><br />The hilarious call was released by Avon & Somerset police, hours after another the same force had from a man who dialled 999 to say a SEAGULL had nicked his sandwich.<br /><br />Another called to complain that the owner of a guesthouse she was staying in was refusing to cook breakfast.<br /><br />A third phoned to say his seat belt in a taxi was too tight while a fourth moaned that his fish and chips were too expensive.<br /><br />And another rang asking if it was illegal for a shop to refuse a voucher he had printed from the internet.<br /><br />Police chiefs highlighted the time-wasters during a 24-hour 'tweetathon' to show just what they have to deal with every day.<br /><br />A force spokesman said: "These 999 calls may seem funny but they could be blocking a real emergency and that is deadly serious."
