Duck in the house, police on the case

NORTH READING, Mass. - Yes, there was an intruder at a home in North Reading, Mass. - but if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, well....you know.

A woman in the northern Boston suburb called police from her upstairs bedroom on Saturday to report she heard loud banging noises downstairs and feared someone had broken into her home.

Officers responded, but found no sign of a break-in.

But during a quick search of the home, police did find a soot-covered wood duck.

(NO, not a decoy -- see Wikipedia, wood duck: "a medium-size perching duck," a little smaller than a Mallard)

Police say it appears the duck got in through the chimney.

An officer caught the very real duck and released it into a nearby pond.