Greggs bakery chain has become a beloved staple of high streets, train stations and shopping centres across Britain. But shoppers were stunned when a boy tried to catch a pigeon who flew into a high street branch. Sophie Towers dared her four year old son Louis to catch the bird, not believing for one second that he would actually manage to do it successfully - but he did - and then refused to let it go.
“Quick, get it,” she said laughing. But once he had caught the pest, delighted little Louie left onlookers stunned, and horrified Sophie screaming in panic: “Let it go! Louie, let it go.” Sophie posted the hilarious video to TikTok , with the hashtags #Feral #boys being boys #feral child.
Mum Sophie told The Sun about their hilarious trip to Greggs on Gillingham High Street in Kent: "We walked into the shop and there was about three pigeons in there, and he asked me why there were birds in the shop. "I said I wasn't sure and they must have just flown in. "Louis told me he was going to catch one of the birds, and I just laughed and told him to go for it.
"I thought the bird would fly away before he got any closer to it, but as I got my phone out to film him, he actually caught it. "It freaked me right out and I got scared," added Sophie. "Louie is a major animal lover and loves bugs and all types of animals.
"There was only us in the shop and the people who work in Greggs did not really notice what was going on - or if they did they didn't say anything. "He was more in.