No Clark Griswold In Hinsdale Squirrel Intrusion

HINSDALE, IL – Clark Griswold wasn’t around Wednesday, so a Hinsdale resident called the police instead about an intruder.

The administrator for a police scanner page on Facebook posted a recording of the scanner in Hinsdale.

It was an incident reminiscent of a scene in the 1989 movie, “Christmas Vacation.”

In the 400 block of South Grant Street, a dispatcher told officers that a caller’s wife “is home alone and a squirrel got into the house and is in the Christmas tree.”

One officer wanted in on it.

“Can you put me on the squirrel call? I’ve got to see this,” he said.

The officer later reported the squirrel was out of the house.

“All good,” he said.

How was the problem resolved? Was a yuppie neighbor named Margo at the door ready to receive the squirrel? No word on that.

The Facebook page called the incident “another success story” for Hinsdale police.