Two escaped ostriches shocked locals when they rampaged through a street in the Philippines this afternoon (Aug 4).<br /><br />The huge birds were being kept as pets in a back garden in an upmarket part of Quezon City area of Manila when they broke free from their enclosures. <br /><br />Confused residents and passing drives watched as they made bids for freedom - galloping down the concrete streets. <br /><br />Shocked onlooker Dan Rivera saw one of the birds on his way home running along an intersection before a stray dog started barking at it.<br /><br />He said: "I feel like I entered the movie Jumanji where animals run freely through the city. It was a weird experience."<br /><br />The other ostrich was found roaming near the guard house of the gated community. <br /><br />Mark Umipig, another resident, said the bird could not leave the estate because of a toll gate barrier that blocks the pathway.<br /><br />He said: "The guard jokingly refused for the bird to leave because it did not have a quarantine pass."<br /><br />The two birds reportedly escaped their cage when it was accidentally left open by their owner who lives in the private road.<br /><br />Several maintenance and security crew helped to catch the swift birds and gave dragged them back to the owner.<br /><br />Ostriches - the largest and heaviest of all living birds - are only found in the wild in Africa. <br /><br />However, the flightless creatures can be kept in captivity as pets in some parts of the world.
