Kicker: Wax on, woodchuck out

NEWSCASTERS: It’s Groundhog Day!

NICK EICHER, HOST: No, it’s not but this story gives “Groundhog Day” a whole new meaning.

A woman went to get her car washed after a bird got stuck in the front grille.

The car wash did just fine but there was something else, and the cleaners needed Jiffy Lube next door to help.

In a Jiffy, they found that a was inside the front bumper.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Cute!

EICHER: Debatable.

REICHARD: Alive?

EICHER: No doubt.

They named him.

NED RYERSON: Phil?!

Nope, they went with “Mike” for some reason. And he was as elusive as a groundhog shadow with an early spring coming.

They pulled the bumper. Mike ran to the back of the car. So they took off the rear tire and finally caught him.

Now the groundhog hunt was free of charge, but the car owner found a bunch of internal wiring that Mike chewed through.

REICHARD: How much wire could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wire?

EICHER: Well about $500 worth!

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