A man with a parrot perched on his shoulder was rescued by eight firefighters after getting stuck waist-deep in mud. <br /><br />Bizarre footage shows the moment John Crawford, 66, was hauled out of the sludge after he sank into the ground.<br /><br />Belleville Fire Department said the man found himself in a fix after following his blue and yellow macaw, Amigo, onto the site of a recently-dredged lake. <br /><br />Fire chief Tom Pour said he was sucked into the soft earth "like quicksand". <br /><br />Officers were called to the scene in Bicentennial Park, in Belleville, Illinois, at around 4.30pm on August 12 and managed to pry him out using a buoy and a ladder.
