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Jeepgun
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Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« on: Jul 20th, 2005, 11:45am » |
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"Squirrels Gone Wild!"? LOL
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002390256_webpyrosquirr els19.html
SQUIRREL FIRES REGULAR OCCURRENCE IN CANADIAN BORDER TOWN
The Associated Press
OSOYOOS, British Columbia — Once again, a squirrel clambering onto a power line has been blamed for a brush fire in this border town north of Oroville, Wash.
Firefighters were summoned Monday after a squirrel scrambled up a Fortis Inc. utility pole, got zapped and landed in flames on some dry brush outside a fruit packing business, Fire Chief Ross Driver said.
By the time a pumper truck and a bush truck arrived, nearby residents had doused the flames.
"This identical incident has happened on the same pole one or two times a year for the past several years," Driver said.
Each time, firefighters find a dead, burned squirrel at the base of the utility pole, he said.
Driver said he didn't know what Fortis could do to prevent future squirrel-caused fires.
Copyright © 2005 The Seattle Times Company
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #1 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 11:50am » |
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Gunhead, thou shall not steal.
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #2 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 11:56am » |
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O, SO, YOOS think maybe youcan stack that their dry brush over a little to the left of the utility line. Damned flamin' squirrels keep on gettin' into it right there.
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #3 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 12:20pm » |
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we had a kamakazi squirrel do that in our back yard one year too. Didn't start a fire but did fry himself pretty badly on our power pole - knocked our power out for an hour or so. He did live to tell about it though, he was still alive when we moved a few years later. How do I know it was the same squirrel, you ask? Pretty easy to pick that little dude out of a crowd. Squirrels really aren't all that cute when they're completely bald. 
We might be headed down Osoyoos way this weekend, actually - gorgeous country, Canada's very own Maui! Beautiful beaches, hot temps, never gets any snow.
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #4 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 12:50pm » |
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God Bless our squirrel freedom fighters. They know full well the tyranny perpetrated by the overlords of the North.
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #5 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 12:52pm » |
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LMAO Shawn! 
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #6 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 1:07pm » |
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on Jul 20th, 2005, 11:50am, Michael wrote:| Gunhead, thou shall not steal. |
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Yeah... I stole from myself. LOL
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« Reply #7 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 1:16pm » |
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on Jul 20th, 2005, 1:07pm, Frank_W wrote:
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
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And, spruce up your other profile. Maybe something NSFW or...?
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #9 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 2:21pm » |
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Something like that. It does keep me entertained, though! LOL
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #10 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 6:14pm » |
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Thanks.
One more way to handle my squirrel population 
Seriously, that's gotta hurt. 
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #11 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 6:21pm » |
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We have that rpoblem with turkey vultures. After the Calif. Dept. of Forestry got done putting out the last brush fire, an electrician presented my with a vulture leg (that's all that was left of the poor thing).
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #12 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 6:48pm » |
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That happened once to a poor fellow on a pole in front of my place. Someone should put up squirrel baffles for electrical poles. Here is a pic of one of his grandkids on my squirrel feeder..
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Re: Suicidal Pyromaniac Squirrels Attack Canada!
« Reply #13 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 7:25pm » |
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on Jul 20th, 2005, 6:21pm, Bob P wrote:| We have that rpoblem with turkey vultures. After the Calif. Dept. of Forestry got done putting out the last brush fire, an electrician presented my with a vulture leg (that's all that was left of the poor thing). |
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Well damn, Bob! It sounds like it was already cooked and everything! How'd it taste? 
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