Kicker: Sneaky home invader

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Police in Missouri recently received a call about a possible home invasion. They heard noises coming from inside the house. One officer drew his gun and walked through a hallway...

OFFICER: Let’s go. We’ll just start clearing room by room.

...clearing room by room until the culprit saw him first and ran!

OFFICER: WOOOOOHOOOO! (laughter) Close the door! Close the Door!

Turns out, he’d startled the intruder squirrel as much as it startled him!

DISPATCH: Aaaaahhhh. (dispatch: can we clear the air?) Officer: Yes, you can clear the air.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: All he had to do was act like a nut...

MAST: ...and he’d come right to him!

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