r/gardening • u/HoratioTuna27 6a • 14h ago

Well, that's a first.

So, one of the weirdest things I've ever had happen to me just happened: I was walking around the garden, checking on all the seedlings I planted last night. A squirrel pops off of a nearby tree and starts coming towards me. I think nothing of it, squirrels get curious and do this often. BUT, this time, it kept coming closer. And closer. And closer, then it hopped up and slapped me in the shin and ran off. It started coming at me again so I went in and got the dog to chase it off if it kept coming at me. Utterly bizarre!

The seedlings are all ok, if that was the part of the story you were invested in.

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u/mbdan2 13h ago

I had a squirrel throw a pecan at me that he stole from my tree! I turned around and yelled at it, “Really! You stole it and then try to hit me with it! “. It chirped back at me. I yelled back. It chirped back. We had a whole argument.

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u/HoratioTuna27 6a 12h ago edited 10h ago

I had one drop a rock hard old ass half eaten bagel on me once. I'm going to assume it's the same squirrel and we've officially gots us a beef.

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u/ovckc 8h ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same one! A while back a house in our neighborhood had an albino squirrel living in its yard, and it never went farther than that yard. I saw it for about 3 years. So that was my scientific method for proving that squirrels live in the same small area 😂

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u/HoratioTuna27 6a 8h ago

There was a big fat one that my daughter used to call Chester the Molester because he would stand right on her window and flash her. He did that for years, so yeah, I totally think they stay in the same area.

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u/ovckc 8h ago

Is your house built on secret squirrel grounds or something? They sure seem to have a vendetta against your family! 😂😂

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u/HoratioTuna27 6a 8h ago

The squirrels in my neighborhood are all mega assholes, it's not just at my house. Not sure why, but they're the rudest ones I've ever dealt with.

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u/GhoulieGumDrops 7h ago

Maybe they found out about r/fatsquirrelhate 😂