Police conclude investigation after realizing alleged drone was just a bird

A constabulary probe has concluded that an chartless substance a suspected drone was allegedly dropping connected homes successful a small Ontario town was conscionable vertebrate poop.

The Waterloo Regional Police Service says its probe into the “suspicious drone activity” has wrapped up with nary transgression charges.

Police said successful August they were investigating harassment and mischief involving a drone aft receiving aggregate complaints of “harassing behaviour” and spot harm successful Ayr, a assemblage successful the Township of North Dumfries.

Investigators said astatine the clip that they believed a first-person presumption drone flew implicit a residential country connected respective nighttime occasions and dropped the chartless substance connected houses, vehicles and properties.

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Police accidental the University of Guelph assisted with the resulting investigation.

They determined the substance was a heron’s feces and determination had been nary transgression activity.