A pet parrot that picked a lock and escaped its cage was found more than 30 miles away - after a community rallied to find him.<br /><br />Animal lover Lorrett McCutcheon, 53, had just bought the bird called Albert Sebastian.<br /><br />But Albert managed to jimmy the latch on the cage - and disappeared from the home in Cumbernauld, Scotland.<br /><br />Devastated Lorrett and her husband took to social media to get word out and after four days of searching had nearly given up hope.<br /><br />Locals went our for walks trying to find him - calling his name.<br /><br />A parrot matching Albert’s description was then found on a farm – 32 miles away in the Ayrshire village of Beith.<br /><br />Lorrett said: “My other two birds were out in the garden that day – Albert was allowed out, but in his cage.<br /><br />“As he was playing with his toys, unbeknownst to me, he was flicking the latch. <br /><br />''I went upstairs, and I heard my husband screaming – ‘the parrot’s out, the parrot’s out!’<br /><br />“From that moment, my whole world turned into a nightmare. I was distraught.<br /><br />“My husband was sharing it in lots of Facebook groups, and it just kept getting shared and shared.<br /><br />“We’d go on walks and find people looking for my parrot. I saw people walking around and shouting his name into the trees trying to find him.<br /><br />“I was knocking on doors, crying and asking people if they’d seen my bird – I must have looked crazy!<br /><br />“The community was just amazing – people were sending me pictures and asking if they’d found my bird. <br /><br />“On the fourth day, I’d basically given up hope – but someone had been walking their dog near a farm and spotted Albert on top of a vehicle. <br /><br />“It turned out that that person had a friend who used to be an inspector for the RSPCA, so they managed to catch him and take him to a vet.<br /><br />“Within two hours of that person posting on Facebook, someone from my community had messaged my husband and let us know. I basically collapsed to my knees.<br /><br />“I live in Cumbernauld and Albert was found in Beith – that’s 32 miles away!”<br /><br />“It’s a miracle that he was found. It’s the kindness of people – maybe because they know what it’s like to lose a loved one or a pet.<br /><br />“People were coming together to find him – nobody gave up hope.”<br /><br />“Every area where the cage opens has an extra padlock. It’s like Fort Knox at the moment.<br /><br />“Seeing Albert arrive back home safe has given hope to so many people – someone told me that this was proof that miracles do happen.”
