Please Do Not Call 911

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All an Austin homeowner wanted was to win a neighborhood contest with a display paying homage to the scene from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation where Clark Griswold hangs from the roof of his house while trying to put up Christmas lights. Instead, they nearly gave a passerby a heart attack!

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AUSTIN —

... a passerby saw the display and started panicking, thinking it was a real person hanging off the gutters.

The entire thing was captured on Nest Cam video.

“Oh mister, please hold on!” You can hear the man say, and he wrestles with the ladder, trying to stand it back up to save the dummy.

After a few frantic moments, he yelled “HELP!” to people driving by on the street and called 9-1-1.

"He was doing everything he could to get the ladder! And be like 'Save Clark!'” Heerlein’s sister-in-law Leah Wheless said. "He didn't give up. Whatever he had to do, he was going to save old Clark Griswold."

 
Saw an interview with the "hero" and the homeowners. They were really humbled by his sincere attempt to save "Clark". He's invited to Christmas dinner.
 
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