NationStates Jolt Archive

A teacher found herself on the wrong end of an angry Mummy squirrel's attention whilst trying to help it's squirrel babeh. Favourite line for me is "the teacher fell while running back to the bus to get away from the angry squirrel"... fear the squirrel!!!!!
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 24 (UPI) -- A Michigan teacher guiding students around the University of Michigan campus was attacked by an irate squirrel when she tried to help one of its young.

The teacher, from Detroit, spotted the squirrels Thursday as she ushered her students through a campus tour, The Ann Arbor News reported Friday. She noticed the young squirrels were not in their nest and a crow was eyeing one that appeared to have been left behind.

The teacher, whose name was not reported, first tried to shoo the crow away from the squirrels and then to draw the mother's attention to the danger. The mother squirrel instead turned on the teacher.

Diane Brown, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Public Schools, said the teacher fell while running back to the bus to get away from the angry squirrel. The animal bit or scratched her ankle, but the teacher was able to get up and escape.

Source: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/04/24/Teacher-attacked-by-ungrateful-squirrel/UPI-41171240616437/

So, I am left wondering if anybody else has had strange run-ins with terrifying creatures.. such as the squirrel - share your experiences!?

I've been attacked by numerous bloodthirsty mosquitos, does that count?

chased by emus

I woke up a sleeping crocodile in Gambia - I bet I ran faster than that teacher

Luckily the thing didn't seem too bothered about running after me

I got kicked in the groin by a cow. :(

a sheep tried to headbutt me in the groin but forgot there was a steel barrier between us. Stupid sheep

I've been chased by 2 bulls that became untied at my grandfather's farm. I don't think I've run faster in my entire life...

A friend of mine adopted a baby squirrel that had been in his backyard and abandoned by the mother, and due to budget cuts in his area, he couldn't get someone to come and take the baby squirrel. Thus, the only run-in with a squirrel I had was when it jumped on me and sat on my shoulder before scurrying to the other, before using me as a launch pad to jump onto the blinds behind me.

If you're curious, once the squirrel was old enough, they released it back into their yard. Though curiously, if you call the squirrel by it's name, it would stand up on his hind legs like a dog.

Then there was that time with the seagulls. I had just got my G1 and wanted to try and learn to drive standard. It's always a good idea to start in a big open parking lot. Little change of an accident when the place is closed due to a holiday. Anyway, so I'm with my dad and he's given me control. In front of the car, several metres away is a flock of seagulls. Because I'm cruel and unusual, I decide to drive right into the flock. I do this several times, causing them to scatter each time. About a hour later, I change sides with my dad since he wants his car back. When we get out, the flock hears the door open and sees us get out. I'd never seen an angrier flock of birds in my life. Four of them started to walk over to the car. Enough motivation for me to move my ass quickly and get into the passenger side. Any longer and those birds just might've attacked...