Lesson: Don’t go near a squirrel unless you’re that squirrel’s human.
“You’re not my human! What have you done with my human?!!“
Angry squirrel terrorizes Vermont town
At least three people have been victims of unprovoked attacks by a gray squirrel on a street in Bennington, Vt., over the past few weeks, leaving many residents of the formerly placid southeastern Vermont town wondering if they might be next…East St. resident and squirrel-mauling victim Kevin McDonald, [said] he was shoveling snow outside of his house, when he felt the animal’s razor-sharp claws tearing into his back and shoulders. McDonald managed fend off the squirrel and flee into his house, but not before the the ill-tempered rodent lunged at him twice more.
Vermont Public Health Veterinarian Robert Johnson, who said that there has never been a case of a squirrel passing rabies to a human. Instead, Johnson speculates that the squirrel was tamed by humans. “They’ve lost their fear of people and they go ballistic (when they encounter a person) because it’s not their human,” Johnson told the AP.
I wonder if you could raise squirrels to attack leftist slacker demonstrators. It might make them sound even more insane than they do already, since who would believe anyone would raise squirrels to attack slackers?
I actually thought that this was YOUR doing, Tammy- have you seen Skippy lately?
hmm, so Piper Palin is in Vermont.
Little did we know that the Squirrels are organizing…silently, secretly and covertly scheming.
They don’t plot, they don’t scheme, they are not Organized!
Mr. Bear would take care of the nasty little tree rat with sharp chisel teeth. Bu-bye squirrel. Does no one in this town have a dog?
Yawn. I’ve lived in the NorthEast my entire life, nothing new here. Squirrels…why.22 cal rifles were invented. FYI, whatever i kill I eat so… Sorry animal lovers I am a human. Meat eater here.
Ditto on the .22 cal rifle. Remington Nylon 66 Mohawk brown stock. I didn’t get the Bi-Centennial edition, I thought it was cheesy. Wish I had that one now. Bu-bye pesky rodent. Could be the little stinker is defending his mating ground. In the spring mating season even the squirrels are more aggressive and territorial. Mr. Bear has actually been attacked by a squirrel in the spring — it ran out of the weeds by the walking path and leaped on Mr. Bear and bit his muzzle. Bad choice by the squirrel.
I would say that was a bad choice by Mr Squirrel! I grew up on a farm. My dad and I used to go hunting for quail or rabbits. If not successful, squirrels would suffice. Haven’t been small game hunting in years. Thinking if the food prices continue to soar, might have to go back to the old days. A 22 cal nylon 66 ? Nice rifle!
Mr. Bear didn’t have to work hard for that squirrel, it jumped right into his mouth. 75 lb. shepherd-collie mix, looks like a big black wolf. No rabbits in our garden with Mr. Bear around. My son keeps asking me if he can have my .22, and I won’t give it up :^) He asked for Mr. Bear too when he moved to Colorado 5 years ago, that was another no. Since then, he’s gotten his own dog (a mountain climbing Australian shepherd) and his own gun(s). Everyone should know how to handle a gun, and gun safety. The explanation in the news story for why the squirrel attacked — completely absurd. Was the squirrel that attacked Mr. Bear upset because Bear wasn’t “his” dog? Unlikely.
Ain’t it the truth ’bout the Nylon? My wife’s is a real keeper.
Skippy leave the people alone and go back to cali tammy miss you.