Kicker: Sneaky stowaways

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Well, Myrna, you think you’re going to have a relaxing time at the lake this summer. But for a couple in Vermont, a boat ride turned out to be anything but:

SOUND: [SCREAMING]

Steve and Shannon Lipkin were cruising out on Lake Champlain when a pair of raccoons crawled out from under a pile of life jackets. Audio from WCAX channel 3:

LIPKIN: That's when I saw the raccoons and the chaos and pandemonium began.

Shannon filmed while her husband focused on getting the boat home.

LIPKIN: We didn't really have much choice but to keep going. So we kind of got a couple of cushions to fend them off.

Raccoon and human couples got back safely to land and the trash pandas disembarked. No damage to the boat, either!

LIPKIN: They're good passengers though. Made for an entertaining fourth of July, that's for sure.

MYRNA: Coulda been worse! At least it wasn’t snakes. At least! It’s The World and Everything in It.

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