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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Where is Bullwinkle when you need him?
Good story.
A large rat trap baited with peanut butter and a gum drop will work wonders.
They didn’t test for rabies?
The UK has eradicated rabies but I should think they would test anyway.
Screw it. Faced with a choice of 80mph cars and inattentive drivers, or the evil, demonic, attack squirrel of death...I’ll take my chances with the freeway. Every time.
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Well.... a few years ago, I was on the freeway doing about 80 in one of the center lanes with fairly busy traffic and all of a sudden realized that an angry wasp had somehow gotten snagged by the sliver of an opening on the sleeve of my Joe Rocket jacket..... and in a matter of a few seconds was treating all areas of my left armpit as any lone warrior with a spear would when beset by an enemy coming at him from all directions.
Needless to say, it was quite ‘exciting’... the thought crossed my mind when navigating to the shoulder that although I had never known serious reactions before, multiple stings just might give me some sort of anaphylaxis reaction. Trust me, that shoulder couldn’t get there fast enough.... it must have been a sight to behold with the bike coming screeching to a halt, getting it on the kickstand and my jacket and shirt ripped off all in one motion....
That’s one nasty looking wound.
Sure they got shots for tetanus, but what about rabies?
I sure hope they tested the critter for that.
They need to call Clark W. Griswold.
Shoot it. Problem solved.
I know someone at a campground in NYS who had the same thing happen. It chewed up a lot of wood around the window.
I don’t recall well, but think that someone saw him in the window and got the key for the cottage and opened it up to let it out.
That’s because they are not likely to survive an attack by a rabid animal.
A classic!
Apparently there’s no rabies in the UK.
It has been posted on FR before...it is a Creeper classic story.
It has been posted on FR before...it is a Freeper classic story.
It looks a bit like a hybrid. Unusual coloring for an Eastern gray squirrel.
They should have put a tiny camera on it and sent it to Iran as a spy...the Iranians are terrified of CIA spy squirrels.
I guess you can’t have a pellet gun in the UK.
EXCELLENT!
I got just the cat for you. She’s the same size and attacks our other cats twice her weight. God help that squirrel.
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