Friday, June 15, 2007

The day the squirrel went berserk

When I saw the headline to this story, I actually checked to see if it had a Pascagoula dateline.

Sadly, it was in Berlin.

"Squirrel goes on rampage, injures three"

BERLIN - 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 today.

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.

- REUTERS

9 comments:

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

^^ Ok. I feel dumb.
I saw the "jedi squirrels" and skimmed the article, remembered the "pascagoula" song and totally missed the intro. Haha.

Jeshanah said...

That's why I feel it is important to READ before posting... lol! Becca said the same kind of thing when she saw the crazy squirrels!

Hully said...

Fifty bonus points to the first person who can name the actor who spoke the line depicted in the picture.

Jeshanah said...

Obi-Wan Kenobi?!

Jeshanah said...

I think it was Ewan McGreggor (sp?)

Hully said...

Double points for the character and the actor, but you lose a turn for spelling it wrong.

Jeshanah said...

How sad is it that I knew the answer!?!!!












I really need a life!!

Unknown said...

@ Jeshanah
What? Actually read the article?

I couldn't be bothered.