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.
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nk this squrill been in my head a few times. lol

Oh my god, it's really funny that you posted this... someone I know is terrified of squirrels because she got attacked by one when she was 5. I always thought she was nuts (no pun intended), because I didn't see how one could attack you.

:lol: oops.

They look so cute, that you wouldn't think of them hurting you. But I guess any animal can attack you.

I could not find this post I made I had to dig it out.But I found it.

I'm not nuts about squirrels myself. This story made me shiver a little. :lol: I hope everybody involved is OK.