Posted on 09/29/2025 7:37:07 AM PDT by Twotone
Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment.
Joan Heblack told ABC affiliate KGO-TV that she was walking in the Lucas Valley neighborhood of San Rafael when a squirrel seemingly came out of nowhere and attacked her leg, clawing and biting.
“It clamped onto my leg. The tail was flying up here. I was like, ‘Get it off me, get off me!’,” Heblack said.
Isabel Campoy also said she was attacked while walking in the same area. The squirrel launched itself from the ground to her face and wound up on her arm, leaving it bloody, she said.
Both women went to the emergency room, the TV station reported in its Monday story.
Flyers have now been posted, warning residents that the squirrel is no joke and that more than five people have been attacked by a ”very mean squirrel” that “comes out of nowhere.”
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I doubt it would be eating if it were rabid.
Maybe it’s drunk. Squirrels are tough animals. Could just be a mean drunk.
Good point. The excerpt only says the people were “walking”, but they may have been eating, too. The squirrel may just be demanding to be given what they have - kind of like Democrats.
Probably not in the SF Bay area.
Probably not in the SF Bay area.
Family member was camping a few years ago and a squirrel found a way into her locked trunk from below the car, and ate all sorts of stored food in there. They are nutty creatures for sure, around here they like to run across the road on telephone wires and they are pretty good at it, also they can run vertically up the sides of buildings (sometimes). I don’t think they are playing for our team in the spiritual battle though. Dogs may be.
Could be that someone regularly fed it, and stopped showing up. It’s fall...fattening up time for squirrels.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/carnivorous-feeding-squirrels-documented-california
They're coming for your nuts..........
Rockey the flying squirrel gives a nod and a tail fliping.
I see the joke went over your head.
Sorry, pal—I got it.
Sorry, pal—I got it.
I’ve never been attacked by a squirrel but I would think it would be easy to defend. Grab and throw to the ground as hard as possible followed by a stomp on it’s head.
Ah so you just don’t have a sense of humor. Got it.
My God, you’re a pain in the butt.
I’m sorry I responded to you at all.
My God, you’re a pain in the butt.
I’m sorry I responded to you at all.
My God, you’re a pain in the butt.
I’m sorry I responded to you at all.
Just checked my pings. My.posts are showing up 2 3 or4 times...
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