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Squirrel attacks people in Fla. park
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| 8/10/06
Posted on 08/10/2006 5:51:15 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Squirrel attacks people in Fla. park
2 hours, 12 minutes ago
WINTER PARK, Fla. - Several people attacked by a squirrel at Central Park said they had one word for the animal: nuts. On Wednesday some expressed frustration that the animal was not caught sooner, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Alisa Cox's son Carson, 3, was bitten by a squirrel several times and had a 2-inch wound on his leg after the incident, Cox said.
James Klute said his 3-year-old son was also bitten on the calf while they were kicking a soccer ball at the park. Jim Hindman, meanwhile, said a squirrel bit and scratched both arms while he was sitting on a park bench.
Longwood resident Dylan Osborne, 19, said that after the squirrel attacked the leg and shoe of a friend he trapped it under a bucket but released it two hours later when county animal-services workers didn't arrive.
An official with animal-services said he was not aware of that incident but would check the records.
City employees captured the animal with a litter grabber Tuesday. It died and is being tested for rabies. Officers had previously tried to subdue the animal with pepper spray.
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Humor; Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Test Topic, Ignore It; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: animalrights; govwatch; nuttysquirrel; theyhuntinpacks
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To: maggief; Chieftain
Is that a Marine squirrel?
To: martin_fierro
i was there, Winter Park, exactly one week ago. i did not see the perp.
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posted on
08/10/2006 6:32:10 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
It's past your bedtime.
Go to sleep NOW, young lady.
To: Overtaxed
Once again, you were correct!!
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posted on
08/10/2006 7:06:53 PM PDT
by
LSAggie
To: martin_fierro
some expressed frustration that the animal was not caught sooner The Force is strong with this one...
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posted on
08/10/2006 7:19:29 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Rodent of the Jedi)
To: martin_fierro
HeeHee!
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/10/2006 7:35:15 PM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(Trying to reason with wildfire season.)
To: martin_fierro
That's no ordinary squirrel...it's got a mean streak a mile wide!
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:06:26 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(That gal knows how to shake a possum...)
To: devolve
I hate to start this up again but...
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posted on
08/10/2006 10:32:04 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
I know nothing about ground squirrels.....
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:00:09 PM PDT
by
devolve
(fx 9125_AMERICANS_KILLED_2003_BY_ILLEGALS MEX_ILLEGAL_GOT_911_TERRORISTS_ID NO_NUEVO_TEJAS)
To: devolve
Well, once he bit you he probably fell to the ground! Probably died too.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:02:46 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
Doc at the base hospital said my reactions and tests showed it did have rabies
Tiny thing would have killed me
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:13:52 PM PDT
by
devolve
(fx 9125_AMERICANS_KILLED_2003_BY_ILLEGALS MEX_ILLEGAL_GOT_911_TERRORISTS_ID NO_NUEVO_TEJAS)
To: devolve
Yes, you are lucky you endured the painful shots.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:21:27 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:27:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Jet Jaguar; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
This is worth clicking on just for the pics!
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:37:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Visit www.greenhelmetguy.com! We'll put a corpse on the rubble for you.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:39:11 PM PDT
by
jellybean
(Proud to be an Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
To: JRios1968
Was it an English squirrel or an African squirrel?
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posted on
08/11/2006 3:41:18 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: ovrtaxt
I don't know that...aaaah!!!
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posted on
08/11/2006 5:02:31 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(That gal knows how to shake a possum...)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/11/2006 8:19:21 AM PDT
by
rightgrafix
(I saw an elephant eat it's own head...)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/11/2006 8:27:11 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
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