Sen. Mike Duffy shields his eyes as he arrives at the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. A southwestern Ontario resident's attempt to meddle in the Senate scandal by calling 911 on Mike Duffy made the local police force's annual list of the silliest emergency calls of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

A southwestern Ontario resident's attempt to meddle in the Senate scandal by calling 911 on Mike Duffy made the local police force's annual list of the silliest emergency calls of the year.

The caller accused the embattled senator of fraud in effort to sic Chatham, Ont., police on him — despite being more than 700 kilometres from the capital.

That wasn't enough to nab the top spot, however. The call only ranked fifth out of the force's 10 most ridiculous reports.

First prize went to a lovers' quarrel over a glass eye. A man reported his girlfriend hid the prosthesis after he took it out at her home, and asked that police help him retrieve it.

Second place went to a driver who ended up being carjacked by a goat.

Police say the woman initially called after seeing the animal in the road, but when she stepped out of her vehicle to look for an address to give the 911 operator, the goat hopped in.

In third position were "bored" youngsters who police say tried to "trip" cars with a dog leash.

Another close call with nature earned the fourth spot, this one involving a squirrel whose daredevil leap through an open car window caused the driver to plough into a ravine. Police say the furry joyrider learned his lesson.

Other highlights include a man who wanted police to prevent rain water from his neighbour's roof from falling on his property, a woman who came face-to-face with a possum in her bathroom cupboard, and a person barred from driving who rode an e-bike to a probation appointment.

Here is the complete list from the Chatham-Kent Police Service:

1. A man called police to help him retrieve his personal property. The man had gone to his girlfriend's home and taken out his glass eye. He was upset that she hid his eye and refused to return it.

2. A female driver who saw a goat on the road called police to report the animal had jumped in the vehicle when she got out to look for an address to give the 911 operator.

3. Calls about bored youths trying to "trip" cars with dog leashes.

4. A squirrel jumped through the open window of a car, causing the driver to accelerate into a ravine. Luckily the driver was not injured and the squirrel now looks before leaping.

5. It would be expected that a person would call police to report a $90,000 fraud. However, it's not common that the caller names Sen. Mike Duffy in Ottawa as the accused.

6. A man called police because rain water from his neighbour's roof was falling on his property.

7. Police receive call about a dispute between neighbours started over porch lights one of them felt were too bright.

8. A woman called 911 after she opened her bathroom cupboard and was face-to-face with a possum. Animal control was called.

9. A home owner relaxing in his hot tub was startled by a male who jumped his fence and fell into the pool. Any criminal plans the male had quickly sizzled. He hastily left the hot tub and sloshed away into the darkness.

10. If you're on probation with conditions not to drive a motor vehicle, it may not be a good idea to drive your e-bike to your probation appointment.

News from © The Canadian Press, 2013