Police 'Investigate' Rooster Standing In Road By Atlanta-Area KFC

ATLANTA, GA — It's not every day that a 911 call comes in from someone worried that a roaming rooster near a Kentucky Fried Chicken might create a traffic problem.

However, that kind of call did, in fact, take place Monday morning in South Fulton.

South Fulton police assumed it was all a joke initially.

Around 8:15 a.m., the police department said it received a call sent over from the Atlanta Police Department regarding a rooster in the middle of Cascade Road in front of the KFC.

"We thought it was maybe a prank call, why would a rooster be hanging out in front of a place that fried chicken?" police said in a Facebook post.

But it was no prank.

A South Fulton officer decided to investigate anyway and to his surprise, there was indeed a rooster in the median in front of KFC.

Unfortunately, the rooster was too quick for the officer and was last seen running into the KFC parking lot — not to be seen again.

The big question is: WHY was this rooster attempting to cross the road near an Atlanta-area KFC in the first place?

Was he trying to rescue his fellow birds from inside the restaurant? Was he trying to stage an anti-chicken protest? We may never know for sure.