Squirrely Wrath!

[Ramplate]

Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3 Thu Jun 14, 10:42 AM ET



BERLIN (Reuters) - An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch.

The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said Thursday.

With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off.

The animal then entered a building site and jumped on a construction worker, injuring him on the hand and arm, before he managed to fight it off with a measuring pole.

"After that, the squirrel went into the 72-year-old man's garden and massively attacked him on the arms, hand and thigh," the spokesman said. "Then he killed it with his crutch."

The spokesman said experts thought the attack may have been linked to the mating season or because the squirrel was ill.

[halo7]

Love can make you do crazy things.

[Ramplate]

Love can make you do crazy things.

So can hunger - A pack of black squirrels took down a dog in russia.

they're dangerous I tell you! :meanie:

[UnicornBlood3]

I freaking told you guys that squirrels are EVIL!

[Ramplate]

Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'

Local people suggest hunger is driving squirrels to extremes
Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.
Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute.

They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh.

A pine cone shortage may have led the squirrels to seek other food sources, although scientists are sceptical.

The attack was reported in parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory, and was witnessed by three local people.

A "big" stray dog was nosing about the trees and barking at squirrels hiding in branches overhead when a number of them suddenly descended and attacked, reports say.



"They literally gutted the dog," local journalist Anastasia Trubitsina told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

"When they saw the men, they scattered in different directions, taking pieces of their kill away with them."

Mikhail Tiyunov, a scientist in the region, said it was the first he had ever heard of such an attack.

While squirrels without sources of protein might attack birds' nests, he said, the idea of them chewing a dog to death was "absurd".

"If it really happened, things must be pretty bad in our forests," he added.

Komosmolskaya Pravda notes that in a previous incident this autumn chipmunks terrorised cats in a part of the territory.

A Lazo man who called himself only Mikhalich said there had been "no pine cones at all" in the local forests this year.

"The little beasts are agitated because they have nothing to eat," he added.

[sshuttari]

holy hell Squirrels scare me now... thanks a lot.

[pixiness]

Have any of these squirrels admitted the evil in their actions and decided to check into rehab? If it works for hollywood.... :)

[Ramplate]

Have you seen Fomy cartoons at illwillpress ??? I don't think there is any rehab for squirrels

[Steve from Indy]

Uh oh, I'm screwed. I ran over a squirrel about a month ago or so. Looks like I'm in for it. It's been nice knowing you guys. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Valdis/sml/cwm31.gif http://www.compumess.nl/daf/smileys/sm1/schrik.gif

[FranklinTard]

a minute to gut a dog? that must have been a lot of squirrels.... as for attacking old people.. hell i support that... but thats a pretty badass 72 year old to smash a squirrel to death with a crutch.

[Ramplate]

a minute to gut a dog? that must have been a lot of squirrels.... as for attacking old people.. hell i support that... but thats a pretty badass 72 year old to smash a squirrel to death with a crutch.

Oh you don't want to mess with people with crutches unless you got a gun - you can only throw a knife once - but if you get close enough to hit a person with crutches you are already in their swinging distance before you can land a punch

- I should know - I used to walk with metal crutches until I was 40. I could hit two vital areas in a hurry and once you were on the ground - that's MY territory - My reach would have been almost 3 feet longer than yours :meanie:

I've been hit in the head with a crutch full force and almost blacked out

[Knerys]

oh where is cathy, lol?

[Steve from Indy]

oh where is cathy, lol?

Cathy the comic strip?

[Knerys]

No cathy my friend. she has this unrealistic fear of squirrels.

[Steve from Indy]

No cathy my friend. she has this unrealistic fear of squirrels.

They're killers! :funny:

[UnicornBlood3]

No cathy my friend. she has this unrealistic fear of squirrels.

I have one of those too. They scare the **** out of me.

[Darth Barth]

We have black squirrels here!:eek:

Oh you don't want to mess with people with crutches unless you got a gun - you can only throw a knife once - but if you get close enough to hit a person with crutches you are already in their swinging distance before you can land a punch

- I should know - I used to walk with metal crutches until I was 40. I could hit two vital areas in a hurry and once you were on the ground - that's MY territory - My reach would have been almost 3 feet longer than yours :meanie:

I've been hit in the head with a crutch full force and almost blacked out
Thats morbidly disturbing. I have an image now in my head of two people who rely on crutches getting pi$$ed at each ither and "having a smackdown".:hehe:

[Ramplate]

Yeah it's like fighting with baseball bats :D