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MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Muncie, Ind., man said his pet parrot saved his life and his son's when it loudly mimicked the house's fire alarm to wake them up.
Shannon Conwell said the bird roused him and his 9-year-old son after they had fallen asleep on the couch while watching a movie, the Muncie Star-Press reported Monday.
Conwell said the bird woke them up at about 3 a.m. by mimicking the house's smoke alarm, which had been set off by a fire that destroyed the house's dining room, kitchen and bedroom.
"He was really screaming his head off," Conwell said of Peanut, an Amazon parrot that had lived with the family for about six months before the blaze.
"I grabbed my son and my bird and got out of the house," Conwell said.
Conwell, who earlier in the day had part of his finger amputated due to an accident involving a tow truck, said the American Red Cross was providing hotel accommodations for the family.
"It's a blessing," he said.
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