"Now this one beats all" is the line coming from An Garda Síochana in Kilkenny after a number of reports of unusual local break ins.
"Gardai in Kilkenny have received several reports from people believing a rather dishevelled individual had broken onto their home and was sitting on their couch or elsewhere," local gardaí posted to social media.
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"In all cases so far, this has not been the case but instead a new AI fad on TikTok that places this avatar in your abode.
"The real culprits are probably your kids playing a 'hilarious' trick on their "Boomer" parents.
"You couldn't be up to them," the post concluded.
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