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Title: Squirrel Attacks (aka Howie's Nightmare)
Post by: 1.21GW on June 21, 2017, 10:42:33 PM
I had to share this article here because of our resident squirrel hater.  ;D

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/when-squirrels-attack/531129/


Some juicy exerts:

QuoteThere was, for example, the California squirrel that went on a biting spreeâ€"attacking at least eight people last year. And the squirrel that injured three people in a senior center in November. Newspaper archives have plenty of examples of squirrels terrorizing people. A Long Island squirrelâ€"undeterred by a milk bottle thrown in his directionâ€"was eventually shot and killed when he tried to attack some school children in 1921, The New York Times reported that year.

QuoteConsider the 1878 story of a gray squirrel who charged toward a farmer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, “legs wide spread and tail flaunting as he ran, concentrating all the terror of his little [body] into the loudest war-whoop.” This was apparently a squirrel with some degree of notoriety, the newspaper reported. “Last fall, the same squirrel attacked a laborer on the farm, and mutilated his face in a horrible manner."



Fun fact: NYC (yes, the very same) celebrates Squirrel Appreciation Day on 1/21.  Maybe head out of town that weekend, Howie.  ;)
Title: Re: Squirrel Attacks (aka Howie's Nightmare)
Post by: Howie on June 22, 2017, 04:46:16 AM
I will stand my ground.  The little bastards will not win.

It is worse than you think!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel-sponsored_cyberterrorism

Posted previously, I think by Kopf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNQMbw7kLY

Title: Re: Squirrel Attacks (aka Howie's Nightmare)
Post by: Bick on June 24, 2017, 07:43:17 AM
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