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Drug Suspect's Pet Squirrel Attacks Officer
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| 8/19/05
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Posted on 08/19/2005 8:54:47 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
A police officer in Massachusetts was treated at a hospital after a drug suspect's squirrel attacked him during an attempted arrest, according to a Local 6 News report.
"The claws are very sharp, I guess he mistook me for a tree," officer Dwayne Flowers said. "The squirrel was moving at such speed, I didn't see it and neither did my partner standing shoulder-length away from me."
Officer Dwayne Flowers said he and his partner were attempting to arrest a woman wanted on drug charges in Leominister, Mass., when her loose pet squirrel attacked.
"The claws are very sharp, I guess he mistook me for a tree," officer Flowers said. "The squirrel was moving at such speed, I didn't see it and neither did my partner standing shoulder-length away from me."
Flowers drove to a hospital after the attack while other officers captured Spanky the squirrel and arrested its owner.
After the arrest, Flowers' partner laughed at the attack.
"He had a good chuckle," Flowers said. "I tried raising him on the radio but they couldn't answer their radio call because they were too busy laughing"
Flowers injuries from the attack were considered minor.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: squirrel
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To: Slings and Arrows
It's happened to me also. People feed the squirrels in the park, who get too friendly and jump up on your leg just looking for a handout. Their claws are so sharp they go right through thick jeans, easily breaking the skin.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/19/2005 10:36:40 PM PDT
by
agitator
(...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
To: Libertarian444
43
posted on
08/19/2005 10:48:20 PM PDT
by
agitator
(...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
To: Wil H
44
posted on
08/19/2005 11:06:11 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Those doodads gotta be photoshoped!</p>
I can't cross my legs, but that poor thing could hardly walk.
To: ambrose
46
posted on
08/20/2005 2:08:13 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: Slings and Arrows
I can see the FOX special now: When Good Squirrels Go Bad!
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posted on
08/20/2005 2:16:01 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Slings and Arrows
Free Spanky!
Wait. That sounded wrong.
To: Libertarian444
LOL
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posted on
08/20/2005 2:21:51 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
I can see the FOX special now: When Good Squirrels Go Bad!But first, a squirrel from Aruba with a book about Natalie Holloway...
50
posted on
08/20/2005 2:45:48 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Even Tom Cruise would recommend that Cindy Sheehan take a Paxil." --PBRSTREETGANG)
To: Slings and Arrows
LOL!
51
posted on
08/20/2005 2:51:22 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
:D
I think you just found OJ's "real killer."
52
posted on
08/20/2005 2:54:09 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Even Tom Cruise would recommend that Cindy Sheehan take a Paxil." --PBRSTREETGANG)
To: Slings and Arrows
ROTF! And you know, I just thought of something. I wonder if anyone ever checked Sandy Berger's cheeks...?
53
posted on
08/20/2005 2:55:31 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Riley
I have had occasion to handle squirrels. Well I reckon most of us have at one time or another, but we don't talk about it much. And they never call or write.
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posted on
08/20/2005 3:29:27 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: Slings and Arrows
55
posted on
08/20/2005 3:40:27 AM PDT
by
albee
(The best thing you can do for the poor is...not be one of them!)
To: mewzilla
There's not enough beer in the world.
56
posted on
08/20/2005 4:07:38 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Even Tom Cruise would recommend that Cindy Sheehan take a Paxil." --PBRSTREETGANG)
To: Slings and Arrows
57
posted on
08/20/2005 5:25:05 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Slings and Arrows
Are You nuts it was a cop?
58
posted on
08/20/2005 6:23:12 AM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(<>< Salvation is more than an experience and a Prayer it is a life changing event.)
To: Tired of Taxes
This cop has a future in politics. Jimmy Carter reported a "killer rabbit", and look how far he got.
59
posted on
08/20/2005 9:21:40 AM PDT
by
Kevin OMalley
(No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
To: Slings and Arrows
A moose once bit my sister.
60
posted on
08/20/2005 9:33:40 AM PDT
by
Jonx6
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