First, on Wednesday last week, she returned to her home in Westbrook, Worthing, at around 5pm and found a car overturned outside her house.

Michelle, 17, said: "I just turned the corner and saw it. It was really strange. I couldn't see why it had happened.

"Westbrook is such a quiet road so you wouldn't expect to see it there. I thought it was worth taking a photo of it."

Sergeant Ian Kerr from Worthing Police confirmed officers attended the road after receiving reports of an overturned car, but said it was still "unclear" what had happened.

The next day Michelle was in the town centre at around 3pm with her boyfriend, Leo Nas, when they saw a large crowd gathering around the bandstand.

When they went to take a look at what was happening they found a seagull had got itself tangled up on the roof of shop Monsoon.



Leo, also 17, said: "Everyone in that area was watching what was going on. There was easily more than 100 people there.

"The bird looked like it was hanging from its neck or throat and was really flapping around trying to get free."

Once again, Michelle used her mobile to take photographs. She said after around 15 minutes the fire service was able to free the bird and it eventually flew away.

She added: "Everyone had stopped shopping to watch what was happening. It was quite a big thing."


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