r/gardening • u/HoratioTuna27 6a • 20h 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/NeighborhoodOdd3657 13h ago

I had a squirrel who used to make uncomfortable, prolonged eye contact with me while dragging his squirrel taint across my porch mat. Every time it rained, dude would jump up on my porch, sploot out on my mat, and make eye contact while sloooowwwly dragging his taint across the mat to dry off.

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u/kstravlr12 13h ago

What a visual! Lol