Posted on 03/03/2022 4:47:46 PM PST by algore
Two police officers were caught off-guard when they were attacked by a pet squirrel as they tried to arrest his owner on Monday.
According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, two deputies were wrapping up a traffic stop east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Monday night when they went to arrest an unidentified tow-truck driver.
But when they searched the vehicle, a 'pet feral squirrel' leaped onto the back of one of the deputies, the Sheriff's Office wrote.
As he ran in circles trying to get the squirrel off his back, jumping and grabbing at the rodent, his partner could be seen in video taken from the sheriff's car trying to swat at the animal, but he moves to different parts of the man's body as he tries to run away.
The deputies were eventually able to get the rodent back into his cage without anyone - not even the squirrel - getting hurt, the Sheriff's Office said.
But that didn't stop people online from poking fun at the deputies.
Amanda Courtney-Slimak wrote: 'You'd think after wrestling enough meth addicts in LP they'd be prepared for a feral squirrel,' and Donald Martin wrote: 'The squirrel went buzzurk on the back of that deputy's shirt.
'The little fellow ran all over his back,' Martin commented. 'The squirrel sure made the deputy look like a quack.'
Billy Ward also asked whether the deputy's squirming was 'a new training technique,' and Christopher Brown joked, 'That deputy was acting a little squirrely.'
Zachary Marable, meanwhile, asked: 'Who keeps an attack squirrel? That's meth'd up!'
And Steven Castella joked: 'He was arrested for appearing squirrely behind the wheel? That squirrel is most definitely on y'all's trail,' while Andrea Saia Mistric simply wrote: 'That's nuts!'
Details about the vehicle search and arrest have not been released.
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Thanks for my second best laugh of the day. And I love your tag line.
I laughed till I choked. Reminds me of author Patrick McManus.
Gunfire is the only fix for bezerk squirrels.
Bet the squirrely cop was glad his partner did not shoot or taze the rambunctious Rodent.
What?! Twenty-three posts and not a single mention of “Deez Nuts”?!
If you didn’t like Rocky, you sure ain’t going to like his larger buddy Bullwinkle.
I am surprised that nobody has brought up the Germans yet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRD4uq1mVw
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