Kicker: Carbon monoxide…owl?

NICK EICHER, HOST: More than 100-thousand Americans go to the emergency room every year because of carbon monoxide poisoning. And that’s why C-O alarms are mandatory in most American cities:

SOUND: [ALARM] 

Just last week a family in Ohio heard that sound and got out of there.

Upon investigation, experts found the cause: a large owl that had gotten stuck inside the chimney. They called animal rescue which was able to free the owl unharmed.

Now, we're not sure what he was doing in the chimney. Although on second thought, maybe it was Woodsy Owl, remember him from the 70s, the TV campaign?

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Yeah, I remember him! So cute.

EICHER: Yeah, he was environmentally conscious before it was cool. Maybe Woodsy Owl was taking it to the next level, personally inspecting chimneys. And maybe just fell in, got stuck.

WOODSY OWL: Give a hoot, don't pollute.

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