911 Operators From Around The World Share Calls They Will Never Forget

People dial 911 in strange and extreme situations. This means that the operators who answer calls for emergency services hear some truly crazy things.

Often the calls are frightening, but sometimes they're just plain weird or even hilarious. Every 911 operator in the world has at least one call that they will never forget, for one reason or another.

Perhaps it was a call that brought tears to their eyes, laughter to their day, or terror into their heart.

Here are some of the most memorable calls that these emergency services operators turned internet users want to share with the world.

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48. This Isn't The Line You're Looking For

A woman pleasing herself while on the phone with us at the 911 dispatch.

The first time she called she sounded normal at first. I asked for an officer that never worked here.

General conversation about this officer while she progressively got more... extreme with her moaning.

I eventually (and gracefully) ended the conversation. It was a wild time. I still remember her name and voice.

The second and third times she called I asked if it was her and she hung up right away.

Why are you like this Ms. Roberts? What is your end game?

MrRumato

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47. The Good News: There Are No Spiders

In college, I worked as an EMT in a major city. Not the craziest call I ever had but one of the wackiest call-outs we ever got was to respond to “

a woman complaining of spiders in her genitalia”. I’ll never forget pulling up to this major intersection where, sure enough, there’s this old lady lying on the sidewalk with her pants off and legs spread up in the air.

Turns out it was this transient lady in her 70s who had been having some wild hallucinations.

We still had to check for spiders.

sweedo1996

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46. The Sound Of A Stroke

An older lady, I want to say maybe early 70s, calls in with a sort of polite urgency in her voice, tells me she thinks she’s having a stroke.

Tells me she has her grandchild at the house with her, asks me to call her daughter to come get the child.

By the time she’s done giving me the phone number, there’s just a very slight slur in her speech.

By the time EMS got there (probably no more than 5 minutes or so) I couldn’t understand a thing she was saying.

Fascinating, disturbing, and profoundly sad hearing someone stroke out on the phone as they’re talking to you.

Morning_Glory_

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45. From The Mouths Of Babes

Answered to the sounds of a couple of women absolutely screaming and wailing (I'm sure anyone that has done the job long enough knows the type of scream I mean -- that blood-curdling scream of someone in genuine anguish).

Knew something was up and got police and ambulance on the way. Trying to get them on the phone to get details and a boy of no more than five years old comes on the phone and says "

my daddy is swinging from the roof and his eyes are open and staring".

He had done it to himself while his family was out doing their shopping.

pennykie

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