This vicious attacker is a complete nutjob!
A bloodthirsty squirrel has been wreaking havoc on a California neighborhood by hurling itself at residents after which biting and scratching them — sending not less than two folks to the emergency room.
The ruthless rodent has attacked not less than 5 folks, together with neighbor Isabel Campoy, who mentioned the squirrel launched itself at her face whereas she was strolling within the Bay Space metropolis of Lucas Valley final week, in keeping with abc7.com.
“She nearly killed me,” Campoy mentioned. “The squirrel went from the ground [and] tried to leap as much as my face.”
“I used to be stuffed with blood and I ran to the emergency room,” she mentioned.
The vicious varmint left her with bruises and bloody gashes so deep on her forearm, she needed to be handled at a close-by hospital, she mentioned.
The squirrel additionally pounced on aged neighbor Joan Heblack, clawing and biting her leg whereas she was out for a morning stroll, she mentioned.
“It clamped onto my leg. The tail was flying up right here,” Heblack mentioned, gesturing to her chest.
“I used to be like, ‘Get it off me, get off me!’,” she mentioned. “It got here out of nowhere. I didn’t see him working as much as me in any respect.”
Neighbors imagine the ferocious, golden-colored furball is the perpetrator in not less than three extra assaults — and have since posted a flyer warning in regards to the aggressive animal.
“Assault squirrel beware!!!!!!!!” the flyer declares, with eight exclamation factors. “This isn’t a joke.”
An skilled informed the station the critter is probably going being territorial whereas attempting to find meals, or was probably cared for by folks previously.
“They’ll search for meals. In the event that they don’t get it, there may be frustrations. They are often territorial of their area,” Vanessa Potter from WildCare in San Rafael.”In the event that they affiliate folks with meals, they’re not afraid of them.”
There was no signal of the sadistic squirrel previously a number of days, and residents are hoping it’s gone for good, the station reported Monday.
In a nutshell, neighbors mentioned, the entire thing has been horrifying.
“[It was] very scary,” Heblack mentioned.
