My squirrel sense is tingling.
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| Squirrels go nuts in California city |
| 2006-09-28 |
| Parks officials in Mountain View, Calif., are on the attack against squirrels they say have become dangerously aggressive, attacking at least three people. The latest victim was 4-year-old Andrew Packard, attacked by a brown tree squirrel as his mother unwrapped a muffin, The San Jose Mercury-News reported. "It was such a horror," his mother, Jennifer, said of the attack, which left her boy with a trail of red claw marks, a bite on his upper arm -- and a regimen of painful rabies shots. "To hear your child screaming the way you've never heard before ... It was just bone chilling," she told the newspaper. Parks officials are now seeking permission to set traps and are cracking down on visitors feeding the wildlife. As for Andrew, he declared he would never go into a park with trees again -- and he keeps telling everyone the squirrel was trying to eat him. City officials have offered to give him a tour of the police and fire station. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #29 LOL Moose...them damn squirrels!!! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-09-28 19:14 |
| #28 LOLOLOLOLOL! 'Moose, you have some of the most |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-28 19:03 |
| #27 My squirrel sense is tingling. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-09-28 19:01 |
| #26 Everyone reports to Hanger #1 at Moffett Field for EXFIL via Goodyear blimp. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-28 16:26 |
| #25 Do we have an exit strategy for Mountain View? Sunnyvale. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-28 15:30 |
| #24 Squirrels going "nuts?" Guess you are what you eat after all. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-09-28 14:54 |
| #23 Do we have an exit strategy for Mountain View? |
| Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2006-09-28 14:18 |
#22 why do people hate us? we make wonderful pets, kidz love us  the common Caliphornia Gay squirrel  |
| Posted by: paid for by Caliphornia Squirrel association 2006-09-28 13:57 |
| #21 Overgrown rats. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-09-28 11:29 |
| #20 The bounty for Ground Hog ears in Illinois in the 1960's was $ .50 per pair. I suppose they'd lock you up today for shooting one. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-28 11:19 |
| #19 it was common to see a boy with a 22 walking along, sometimes going hunting, and sometimes just going to shoot. It still is, in the country. Just nobody lives there anymore. Everybody lives in sub-urbs like MV where people are so dense there'd be weekly deaths if kids shot like they used to and kids time is so strictly structured that they can't just hang around. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-28 11:15 |
| #18 Fuzzy-tailed tree rats. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-09-28 10:50 |
| #17 When I was a kid, it was common to see a boy with a 22 walking along, sometimes going hunting, and sometimes just going to shoot. We shot rats at the dump, squirrels in the woods, ground hogs and crows. Nobody shot at hawks or even rabbits, because we weren't supposed to except during hunting season. Society has become feminized....not me, I still shoot the little bastards. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-09-28 10:32 |
| #16 #14 ditto, Steve. Here in da South, we see squirrels as what they are, RODENTS! Not some cute fuzzy lil' "wildlife" animal to be fed and cuddled. Posted by BA 2006-09-28 09:33|| Front Page|| ||Comments Top Known as "tree rats" in Ga. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-28 10:31 |
| #15 It just so happens that Cuesta Park is one of the places where my dog and I walk in the morning. It is a beautiful park. One of the nicest suburban parks around. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2006-09-28 09:48 |
| #14 ditto, Steve. Here in da South, we see squirrels as what they are, RODENTS! Not some cute fuzzy lil' "wildlife" animal to be fed and cuddled. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-09-28 09:33 |
| #13 A half-dozen ten year old boys armed with pellet guns could fix this pronto. But this is California so they'd be arrested as armed felons. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-09-28 09:21 |
| #12 Hmmm... could it be Democrat squirrels gone bad, driven crazy by BDS? |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-09-28 07:02 |
| #11 See what happens when you try to stop press leaks? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-28 06:52 |
| #10 djohn66 - This is truely a metaphor of the Welfare State. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-09-28 06:49 |
| #9 This is what we get for taking out all the raptors and wild cats. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-28 06:27 |
| #8 Reminds me of a skit we do in Scouts: "They're after me! The squirrels are after me!" "Why?" "They think I'm nuts!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-09-28 06:24 |
| #7 Poor little thing. Hopefully the tour of the police and fire stations will take his mind off the attack. |
| Posted by: Gladys 2006-09-28 05:25 |
| #6 I think we need a war. |
| Posted by: Sheretle Tholusing9468 2006-09-28 04:34 |
| #5 I didn't know squirrels could be muslims. You learn something new here on RB every day! |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-28 03:20 |
| #4 This is what happens when you feed wild animals, they come to expect it and if you don't deliver they go Jihad on you ass. :) |
| Posted by: djohn66 2006-09-28 03:00 |
| #3 Dubya = Washington isn't giving them enuff nuts, thus "justifying" the critters to go Rambo and declare war * For every Milyuhn and Zilyuhn of USGov $$$ spent on NOLA, "40,000 jobs" are created, ergo STARS-N-STRIPES > AP = NOLA area per se has lost circa 180,000 jobs. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-09-28 01:06 |
| #2 Packards...revenge of the squirrels? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-28 00:49 |
| #1 Squirrels...why they hate us? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-09-28 00:44 |