A porch pirate took on unusual form when a home surveillance video Tuesday caught a squirrel stealing a package from out front of a California home.

The video shows the bushy-tailed rodent run by a first time before coming back moments later and leaving with the box, KNBC reported.

A neighbor noticed the pint-sized thief, was able to wrest control of the package and return it, KABC reported.

The homeowner now believes the squirrel is also to blame for previous packages found in the bushes around the porch, The Los Angeles Times reported.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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