In County Essex, England, a man’s Ring camera captured a black cat's daring leap from a ledge to a shed roof, leaving viewers breathless as the feline hangs precariously before returning to safety.

An inquest in the U.K. is looking into a bizarre and tragic accident where a patient left his hospital room, gained access to the roof—and then fell through—landing in the facility’s industrial oven. 

In rural Lancashire, England, Kristen Jackson, 28, was stunned to find a flock of sheep trotting on her roof, prompting laughter after fearing a possible break-in.

When a family in Buckingham, England posted about their kitten being trapped on their roof, a roofing contractor responded to help save the day.

Angered by the rejection of his plan to convert a pizza takeout building into a multi-tenant residence, a builder in Southern England exacted revenge against the town’s Council Leader by erecting a gargoyle effigy on the building. 

From nests of creatures to finding strange objects during inspections, roofing contractors and others have their fair share of frightful encounters on roofs.

Imagine tearing off a roof and uncovering 110 pounds of beehive and 50,000 bees. Roofers in England didn't have to imagine as they worked of reroofing a local library.