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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Tree rats. We’ve killed quite a few raiding the bird feeder. They’re nasty rodents.
Tree rats. We’ve killed quite a few raiding the bird feeder. They’re nasty rodents.
Yep. When they opened the door the squirrel flew out almost like a cannonball.
Whoo! What a ride it got!
Cute - ours are hibernating or something, haven’t seen any around.
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