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"ref": "2018, Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader, page 271",
"text": "After Bohlan's home security system recorded a porch pirate stealing packages from his doorstep, he reported the theft to the police department...and volunteered his own doorstep as a place where police could leave \"bait\" packages to catch porch pirates.",
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