Residents woke up stunned by a team of "spooky" horses who were spotted roaming loose around a housing estate.
A quiet Sunday morning in Redditch, north east Worcestershire, soon became something out of the Wild West as six horses escaped from a nearby field.
They were spotted wandering freely around the village of Astwood Bank as they moved freely among homes and cars.
In a video of the incident, one onlooker in the sleepy housing estate can be heard in the video looking out her window at the scene and describing it as "spooky".
Meanwhile, anxious owner Bethany Stanford put out a Facebook appeal in the early hours of Sunday morning saying her horses were missing in Redditch.
The local community rallied together to locate the baffled equines and managed to lure them back to safety - by dangling carrots in front of their noses.
Officers from West Mercia Police even turned up to help rescue the horses who had escaped from a nearby field, Birmingham Live reports.
Resident Colin Dennis, from Astwood Bank, said: "We heard the clip clop of hooves outside and I did think it was early for horse riding. I was surprised to see no riders [with them] when we looked out of the window.
"There were a couple of police cars helping. I heard a bag of carrots was used! It was great that Facebook was used to get everyone involved. I think we all quite enjoyed it. They all looked very calm and happy, if not a bit confused."
After being reunited with her horses, owner Bethany wrote: "Thank you SO much to everyone who helped catch our horses earlier! Especially Nadyne who came from out the area with head collars and brought them back home! We are so sorry for any inconvenience. If there is any damage to anyone's gardens etc, please contact me."
Other residents expressed their delight at the unusual event on social media, with Amanda Barnes writing: "Glad they are home safe and sound. Not quite what I expected to see when I opened the curtains this morning!!"
Vicky Dennis added: "Glad they are safely back. They were really beautiful". Another wrote on Facebook: "What an amazing community and so glad they are safe! Way to go anyone who helped and thank you to the Police too!!!"
Gerald Mack echoed: "I thought this was really good. Within a few minutes of the horses being posted on here[Facebook], there were lots of people (who seem to know about horses) offering to help. That's really good."
