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I was actually once chased by a squirrel.

It happened in the beautiful Stanley Park in Vancouver. The squirrels over there are spoiled rotten by the visitors who feed them constantly. I recently moved there and didn't know better. When this baby squirrel came up to me for begging, I gave him a peanut. Next thing I saw was that he climbed up my leg and aggressively attacked my pocket with the peanuts. I shook him off and made a few steps backwards, but this tiny thing charged fearlessly to get all my nuts. I didn't want to hurt him, so I started running.

Urban legend amongst the locals still recalls that foggy morning in the park when this character (that's me) was seen running away, with a baby squirrel on his heels...

True story.

2-Dec-2005	#8
Attila Attila Soos Join Date: Jan-2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Country: USA Posts: 2,003	I was actually once chased by a squirrel. It happened in the beautiful Stanley Park in Vancouver. The squirrels over there are spoiled rotten by the visitors who feed them constantly. I recently moved there and didn't know better. When this baby squirrel came up to me for begging, I gave him a peanut. Next thing I saw was that he climbed up my leg and aggressively attacked my pocket with the peanuts. I shook him off and made a few steps backwards, but this tiny thing charged fearlessly to get all my nuts. I didn't want to hurt him, so I started running. Urban legend amongst the locals still recalls that foggy morning in the park when this character (that's me) was seen running away, with a baby squirrel on his heels... True story.