This is hide n seek ACO style. pic.twitter.com/Pb4axyPxLP

— Officer Edith (@OfficerEdith) April 6, 2017

This one crossed my desk care of Officer Edith, San Francisco Animal Care & Control's "irascible crusader and protector of all animals." As I've said before, her Twitter account is a must-follow (on a platform for which must-follows are growing rarer and rarer), and she's also on Instagram as officer.edith. Today her Twitter account details the adventures of a high-flying ACC officer attempting to rescue a cat.

Hmm, where have I seen that before? Oh, yeah.

Fortunately, this tale doesn't end with an ACC officer clinging to a gutter and later demanding a woman dye her hair, as the suspect on the other side of the rooftop was this gremlin:

ENHANCE:

ENHANCE:

SHARPEN, CLARIFY, ENHANCE:

As with Vertigo, sometimes your supposed victim just doesn't want to be rescued.

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Photo: Officer Edith