Escaped emu headbutts man during roadside struggle in Devon

A viral video has captured an unusual encounter in Salcombe, Devon, where a man attempted to restrain an escaped emu on a rural road. The footage, filmed by James Barker, shows the man grappling with the large bird for approximately 20 to 30 seconds as it resisted capture.

The struggle ended when the emu headbutted the man before breaking free and running back into a gated property. The video, which has garnered over two million views online, also features an alpaca watching the incident from behind a farm gate.