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‘Psycho’ squirrel’s 48-hour Christmas rampage terrorizes town, injures 18
NY Post ^ | December 29, 2021 | Ben Cost

Posted on 12/29/2021 4:19:30 PM PST by BenLurkin

UK residents were left reeling after a crazed gray squirrel went on a wild Christmas rampage in Buckley, Wales, injuring a staggering 18 people in two days.

“Warning, vicious squirrel that attacks,” wrote Nicola Crowther in the Buckley Residents Facebook Group on Dec. 26 along with a grainy photo of the furry culprit on a fencepost. “Has bitten me, attacked my friend … and multiple other people.”

Another bite recipient, Sheree Davidson, told SWNS that she was taking out the recycling when the “psycho” squirrel jumped out at her from behind the bins and chomped her on the hand.

The nutty critter, which has since been dubbed “Stripe” after the evil character from “Gremlins,” reportedly didn’t discriminate in its attacks, lashing out at the elderly, children and pets alike, and biting them everywhere from heads to legs, SWNS reported.

Nowhere was safe, as the critter would launch at people in the gardens and even chase them down the road.

Many victims had to receive tetanus shots after getting savaged.

65-year-old Buckley resident Corinne Reynolds decided to trap the hairy hellion.

Locally known as the “bird lady,” the mom of seven had been feeding the squirrel since the summer, but decided to act after getting bitten on the hand herself, and seeing “all the Facebook posts” regarding the attacks.

“To be honest, he was giving me cause for concern with his unusual behaviour,” said Reynolds, who wondered if Stripe had “something going on inside his head like a tumour.”

In order to protect them, Reynolds snared the rogue rodent by putting out a cage in her garden filled with peanuts, Stripe’s favorite snack. The senior then handed him over to the RSPCA, which euthanized the critter, as it’s illegal to release them into the wild in the UK.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: graysquirrel; squirrel; squirrels; treerats; wales
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To: BenLurkin

Damn people! Kill the SOB!!!


21 posted on 12/29/2021 4:42:58 PM PST by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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To: BenLurkin

He would not last long in an American town. I can see the shotguns coming out now.

At our camp ground, a squirrel got into one of the empty camp houses through the chimney and could not get back out.

He tore that house from one end to the other. Hundreds of dollars in damages.

He attempted to claw his way through the front picture window destroying the woodwork all around the window frame.


22 posted on 12/29/2021 4:44:45 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
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To: ShadowAce

Your story makes me think of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z6ixrfKgO0


23 posted on 12/29/2021 4:45:58 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Merry Christmas Illhan!)
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To: ShadowAce

That is quite a tail!


24 posted on 12/29/2021 4:46:41 PM PST by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: ShadowAce
This was a wonderful Post and I enjoyed reading all of it. I knew that you came out all right because you wrote about it.

For the record, I despise squirrels. I have managed to trap and kill 10 of those little bastadges in the last 8 weeks or so. I have not done much in the last 10-14 days, but I am not done with them.

They have broken into my house 5 times in the last several years. They have destroyed my roof. They have caused thousands of Dollars in damage to my domain. I cannot even explain it all.

Be certain, I hate them, and any mercy that I may have is reserved for those poor skunks in my area. I trapped 4 of them and I released them all. They never did violence to my home and they are quite docile.

Once I capture a squirrel though, say Goodnight Irene. Those tree rodents are mental cases. The ones in my yard or area are truly aggressive. Well, I dunno if whacking just 10 is enough, so I am not going to stop. I will teach those trespassers to stay off of my property. So far so good.

It is incredible the damage that they have done to my home. It is probably $50 thousand Dollars once it is all settled.

25 posted on 12/29/2021 4:48:47 PM PST by Radix (Politicians; the Law and the Profits. )
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To: BenLurkin

Might have had to break out the Mosin for that one.


26 posted on 12/29/2021 4:49:03 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: BradyLS
Hope everyone that got bit got their rabies shot!

The RSPCA should have waited to euthanize the critter until it determined that it did not have rabies.

27 posted on 12/29/2021 4:53:26 PM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: BenLurkin

Did the squirrel used to be a Raiderette cheerleader and Baywatch actress?


28 posted on 12/29/2021 4:53:52 PM PST by Old Yeller (1776 em all. Let God sort it out.)
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To: BenLurkin
The nutty critter, which has since been dubbed “Stripe” after the evil character from “Gremlins,”

"Stripe," was my handle on our late '80s channel 14 CB radio, "Club," in the Dallas area.
29 posted on 12/29/2021 4:55:30 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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To: BradyLS

That was my first thought - acting crazy, rabies ....

But evidently not ....

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html

“Small rodents (like squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice) and lagomorphs (including rabbits and hares) are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans.”


30 posted on 12/29/2021 4:57:19 PM PST by Qiviut ("Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Radix

I will teach those trespassers to stay off of my property.
***The squirrels in the backyard have been conditioned not to fear people. None of my roommates nor prior tenants did anything about them. I got pissed when their droppings ruined my chair and when I sat on it, it looked like I had pooped my pants & it was extremely difficult to clean.

So I made a slingshot out of rubber bands and a branch from the backyard. I’ve sent hundreds of shots down range and hit only one of them. But it scares them and they know it’s me when I go into the back yard. I have found that shooting a lot of small dirtclogs is very effective because the noise hits all the leaves around them & they feel like they can’t dodge it. No more hanging out above where I sit.


31 posted on 12/29/2021 5:10:52 PM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: BenLurkin

The stupid woman who fed it is responsible for the entire incident. Cat ladies are bad enough. Now there are SQUIRREL ladies??


32 posted on 12/29/2021 5:18:19 PM PST by montag813
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To: BenLurkin

Fortunately, they have extremely strict gun control, so nobody got hurt.


33 posted on 12/29/2021 5:20:58 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Telepathic Intruder

We’re going to need a bigger nut.


34 posted on 12/29/2021 5:26:54 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Old Yeller

“Did the squirrel used to be a Raiderette cheerleader and Baywatch actress?”

Good one!!!


35 posted on 12/29/2021 5:27:48 PM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: BenLurkin

I was listening to an Art Bell rerun last night and someone sent him a squirrel story that he read on air.

I miss Art Bell, george snorry is a talentless hack


36 posted on 12/29/2021 5:28:53 PM PST by algore
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To: BradyLS
"Hope everyone that got bit got their rabies shot!"

Squirrels don't get or transmit rabies.

37 posted on 12/29/2021 5:32:53 PM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: BenLurkin
Rodent or rabbit, the UK has some interesting and viscious animals.

38 posted on 12/29/2021 5:34:07 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: BenLurkin

Here in the US. he’d have been released on his own
recognizance and sentenced to 15 minutes of community service.


39 posted on 12/29/2021 5:38:22 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: The Duke
Squirrels don't get or transmit rabies.

Tell that to R.J. and Hammie ...


40 posted on 12/29/2021 5:40:10 PM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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