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PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY FRIDAY -- INT HER DRIVEWAY FRIDAY NIGHT, SHE SAYS HER DOG NOVA WAS THE FIRST TO NOTICE SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT. >> SHE OBVIOUSLY KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE SHE WAS ACTING HYSTERICAL, LIKE WANTING OUT THE DOOR SO BADLY. DALAUN: SECONDS BEFORE SHE GOT HOME, SHE SAYS THIS MAN WALKED INTO HER GARAG AS SHE CAME HOME, YOU CAN SEE HIM RUNNING FROM THE GARAGE AND INTO HER BACKYARD. >> YOU CAN SEE HIM COME OVER A HE WAS HIDING RIGHT HERE. DALAUN: THEN, HER SON SAW HIM. >> REALLY SCARED. DALAUN: WHY WERE YOU SCARED? >> BECAUSE, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HURT ME >> WE LET THE DOG OUT, SHE CHASED HIM ALL AROUND. DALAUN: INTO THE POOL AND THROUGH THE BACKYARD. HE EVEN STOPS TO ASKED THEM TO CALL THE DOG OFF. >> I’VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT. IT WAS JUST TERRIFYING. IT FELT LIKE IT LASTED FOREVER. DALAUN: NOVA STILL CHASED HIM AWAY. MONICA’S GLAD SHE CAUGHT HIM ON CAMERA, BUT MOST OF ALL, SHE’S GRATEFUL FOR HER DOG. >> IF IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN FO NOVA, I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW -- SHE MADE SURE THAT HE STAYED AWAY FROM US AND THE HOU

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As Monica Anderson arrived home Friday, she says her dog Nova was the first to notice something wasn’t right.“She obviously knew that something was wrong because she was acting hysterical, like wanting out the door so badly,” said Anderson. Seconds before she came home, Anderson says a man walked into her garage. As she came home, he is seen on Anderson’s security footage running from the garage and into her backyard. Eventually Anderson says her son saw the man from her patio. “I was scared,” said Anderson’s son, Caleb. “I thought he was going to hurt me.”“We let the dog out and she chased him all around the yard,” Anderson said. Anderson’s dog, Nova chased the intruder through the backyard. According to Anderson the man even stopped and asked her to call the dog off. “I’ve never experienced anything like it was just terrifying, it felt like it lasted forever,” said Anderson. Nova chased the intruder from the backyard, and he ran off the property. Anderson says she glad the man was caught on camera and most of all she is grateful for her dog."If it wouldn't have been for Nova, I honestly don't know ," Anderson said. "She made sure that he stayed away from us and the house."Anderson says the man didn't take anything from her home. Investigators are still looking for the suspect, if you recognize him you're asked to contact Council Bluffs police at (712) 328-4728.