... There was a strange sort of affairs on West Riverview Drive/Post Falls last week. Seems a frightened man called Kootenai County 911 to say he'd arrived at a friend's place to find the front door open and a body wrapped in a blanket in the front yard. The caller said he'd wait in his vehicle with lights on in the driveway because he was too afraid to approach the body. That sent Deputy Dawgs racing through the moonlit night to the scene with lights flashing and sirens blaring. About that time, dispatchers fielded a second call, from a whispering man who said a suspicious car had been idling in his driveway for 30 minutes -- and he was afraid he'd be seen if he left his blanket. As Dave Barry would say: "I'm not making this up."

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