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[Jessalyn Eaton]

Squirrel talk or a Horrific Story section, so I will confess here. In New Orleans we had this HUGE back yard with so many trees I couldn't count them. We also had SQUIRRELS!!! 75 at a time! No kidding. I like squirrels, really I do. Hand fed a bunch. Just don't want them eating all my pansies that I had spent all day planting. SO................. I took my boys air gun and pumped, and pumped and PUMPED. Didn't know, just 2 pumps would have done. WELL.....I just shot in the trees to scare them off. OH YES, I managed to hit one. (Take knife and cut out my heart!) He was ok from the waist up. Just paralyzed from the waist down. I put him in a towel lined laundry basket and fed him pecans all afternoon until hubby got home. Can't tell the rest of the story. I hate killing things!!!! I even hate "things" to die! Horrible me!

[Lucas]

Soooo... What? You're HORRIBLE??? You did stupid stuff as a Kid? WE ALL DID.... Anyone Who didn't is just..... ALIEN!!!
WE still LOVE YA.... even tho' UR' A NUT !!!
Shape up.... I mean it,
Lucas

[DancingGreenBird]

When I first moved into my house, I kept hearing scrabbling noises in my chimney. They sounded like they were in the chimney itself, so I called pest control to "save the poor creature." This company advertised safe, non-kill methods of removing critters. Well, they determined that the critter, probably a squirrel, was stuck between the two cylinders of the chimney. The only way to get him out would be to cut into the chimney and remove him. Bleeding heart me said yes, so they cut into the side of the house and cut into the outer cylinder of the chimney. They discovered the dead bodies of 7 squirrels (Ick!) and backed into the back of the chimney there was one ticked off squirrel. He refused to budge and he GROWLED ferociously, baring his teeth. I had never known that squirrels could growl before and it was evil sounding. They had to grab at him with forceps and they ripped several chunks of fur off him before they could get him out of the chimney. That squirrel continued to bad mouth and threaten us from the tree for a while. Saving that ungrateful squirrel cost me $1000 to repair the chimney and pay pest control. I did have the foresight to have the chimney capped with a screen to prevent such future adventures, but I have never been particularly fond of squirrels since.

Sherry