# If it looks like a duck, & quacks like a duck, it could be a burglar...or Santa

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> She did what most of us would do: she assumed someone had broken into her house and promptly called the police.
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> But when officers arrived at the scene, they saw no signs of a break-in, the Associated Press reports. What they did find, however, was a soot-covered wood duck. He apparently got into the woman’s home through the chimney (hence the soot) and then made a bunch of noise.

[story](http://time.com/51829/duck-home-intruder/) here.