Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

First responders receive complaints of squirrel attacks in North Myrtle Beach
WIS TV ^ | May 18th 2016 | Brad Dickerson

Posted on 05/19/2016 5:48:27 PM PDT by aomagrat

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The Nuisance Wildlife Agency continued to search for a possible rabid squirrel that attacked some residents Tuesday afternoon in North Myrtle Beach.

According to incident reports from the North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety, law enforcement responded to a home on Causey Drive, where a woman said a squirrel attacked her while she was walking to her car.

Responding officers indicated the woman showed them scratch marks on her right arm and upper back, the report stated.

A little more than an hour later, officers were sent to a Watson Drive address. There, they spoke with a man who said a squirrel climbed up the front of his truck trying to get to his granddaughter, according to the report.

The man said the squirrel then jumped on him and bit his hand. During the struggle, he fell to the ground and scraped his elbow, the report stated.

Russell Cavender, also known as the “Snake Chaser,” informed the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and said he would try to capture the animal.

Police also contacted DHEC and asked the agency to send flyers to be distributed throughout the neighborhood warning residents of a possible rabid squirrel, the report stated.

If the animal is captured, DHEC requested it be sent to Columbia for rabies testing.


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: freepun; rabies; squirrel
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last
To: aomagrat

I don’t want to say it’s rabies but its rabies. Do they still give the shots in the stomach? My worst nightmare.


21 posted on 05/19/2016 6:25:59 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

I was on a golf trip in Noth Myrtle. One of the fellows, a Brit, was a nature watcher. These squirrels were huge, with black and white faces and had ringed tails. The did not run away when you got close to them.

The was a Lyle blond at the halfway house. The Brit said to her, theses squirreles are amazing. So big and interesting I have nver seen anything quite like them. Do they have a name?

The girl drawled in response, “Some of them do.”


22 posted on 05/19/2016 6:27:13 PM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Georgia Girl 2
I don’t want to say it’s rabies but its...


23 posted on 05/19/2016 6:32:33 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ~ JFK ~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: HerrBlucher

We have a golf course across the street so.......squirrels! I’ve had them come after me when I gave them crap. Hubby says I’m nuts that they don’t do that but I swear it. Had one come across a tree limb and jump on top of our patio after me. Lol


24 posted on 05/19/2016 6:55:52 PM PDT by sheana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat


25 posted on 05/19/2016 7:00:41 PM PDT by Donglalinger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

26 posted on 05/19/2016 7:01:12 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

One of the few wild animals that have ever attacked me was a squirrel. I was just a kid, my dogs were barking wildly, and I went to see what was going on. There was a squirrel up on the brick wall of the house, cornered where the den came out from the bedrooms. Very agitated, but then two barking dogs had it more or less treed. I tried to get the squirrel to come to me, and it did. Jumped off the wall and latched onto my fingers with it’s teeth. Hung on for several seconds, during the commotion it let go and scampered away.


27 posted on 05/19/2016 7:06:19 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

I always post it on any squirrel threads I run across.


28 posted on 05/19/2016 7:27:49 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: digger48

The meanest squirrel doesn’t stand a chance against a 16 gauge shotgun.

My uncle shot them, my aunt prepared them, with the best home fries this side of heaven. Some memories you can reach out & taste.


29 posted on 05/19/2016 7:37:07 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: West Texas Chuck

Do in a squirrel or two poisoning pigeons in the park...

https://youtu.be/59tKpTFlaME


30 posted on 05/19/2016 7:46:00 PM PDT by dhs12345
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: dhs12345

GENIUS!!!


31 posted on 05/19/2016 7:53:39 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (EAT THE YOUNG! 100 million guppies can't be wrong.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: philman_36

I haven’t laughed this hard in weeks. Thanks! [BTW-I hate squirrels]


32 posted on 05/19/2016 8:33:48 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: huldah1776
Thanks!
My pleasure.

[BTW-I hate squirrels]

I love squirrel...fricassee. LOL

33 posted on 05/19/2016 9:12:26 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

At least it wasn't a squabbit..
34 posted on 05/19/2016 9:31:11 PM PDT by Trillian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

When asked why they were attacking, one squirrel replied, because people are just nuts.....”


35 posted on 05/20/2016 3:36:36 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: philman_36

LOL Looks good except I think of them as rats, so hard to swallow.


36 posted on 05/20/2016 4:53:41 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: aomagrat

Squirrels almost never get rabies.


37 posted on 05/20/2016 5:40:02 AM PDT by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kirkwood

Yes, most likely territorial and lost his fear of humans due to being fed...


38 posted on 05/20/2016 5:40:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: To Hell With Poverty

LOL!


39 posted on 05/20/2016 10:36:09 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson