Rylan Clark has shared a hilarious anecdote about the time he was 'mugged by a fox', which led to an awkward phone call with the police. The amusing tale unfolded during his Radio 2 show, Rylan On Saturday, after a colleague recounted her own encounter with a squirrel.
The former X Factor contestant and Eurovision star revealed that he had been 'mugged by a fox' while walking back from Romford to a friend's house. In a conversation on air, he described how he had spotted the fox on a wall while he was holding his wallet in his hand.
He recalled: 'And, as I thought I've seen this fox. You know, normally, you just like stamp your foot on the floor and the fox will run away? Getcha! So, I stamped me foot, and this fox really like nonchalantly crawled down the wall looking at me, walked towards me. And I'd obviously had a couple of drinks - I'm thinking, 'Oh, this ain't happening'. Well, it pounced. I've jumped, dropped me wallet, it's got it in its mouth and gone up the road, took my wallet!'
After the bizarre incident, Rylan then had to report the theft to his card company. However, they required a crime reference number since he had reported his card as stolen. Yet, in a comical twist, he then had to call the police to report his unusual mugging. When asked why he needed a crime reference number, he explained that he had been 'mugged', leading to further questions about the identity of the perpetrator.
He responded: 'I was like, 'Oh, a fox', and I could just hear them all laughing. They were like, 'Could you describe them?' I was like, 'Bushy, ginger'. Yeah, I still got the crime reference number.'
