Squirrel wantes to play

[Phil R]

I usually lurk here and post on the Florida section. BUT something happened to day I am still not sure I believe.

I was crawling by the river here today where plenty of birds and squirrels plays. One squirrel was very interested in my truck.
He/she decided to climb (crawl) down the the ground the get a closer look. It followed my truck around the parking lot and rocks for about 15 minutes. It stayed within 5 feet the entire time. If I turned away, it followed, if I turned into it, it moved back. never afraid, never agressive just curious and playful.

At one point, I climbed a rock which seemed to blow his/her little mind! Then it climbed a tree....which I cannot do yet....it saw I could not and came back down for closer examination.

I regret not having a camera to photo this awesome event but wonder who else has had similar experience?

Eventually it grew tired of me and my toy and moved on for food.

I will go back tomorrow with some nuts and axial...and 2 batteries.

[bob1961]

Originally Posted by Phil R

I usually lurk here and post on the Florida section. BUT something happened to day I am still not sure I believe.

I was crawling by the river here today where plenty of birds and squirrels plays. One squirrel was very interested in my truck.
He/she decided to climb (crawl) down the the ground the get a closer look. It followed my truck around the parking lot and rocks for about 15 minutes. It stayed within 5 feet the entire time. If I turned away, it followed, if I turned into it, it moved back. never afraid, never agressive just curious and playful.

At one point, I climbed a rock which seemed to blow his/her little mind! Then it climbed a tree....which I cannot do yet....it saw I could not and came back down for closer examination.

I regret not having a camera to photo this awesome event but wonder who else has had similar experience?

Eventually it grew tired of me and my toy and moved on for food.

I will go back tomorrow with some nuts and axial...and 2 batteries.

and a camera too ................bob

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[BigSki]

well, a few years ago I had a problem with squirrels eating everything in my garden, so I bought a Tamiya HUMVEE kit and chased them out of the garden with it. The hummer was set up with a 8T motor, so it was pretty quick! I ended up totaling the car while chasing down a 'tree rat'. I lost control over some uneven ground, the car clipped the fence at an angle and did a NASCAR end over end crash, ripping off 2 of the wheels and destroying the body!

Mr squirrel didn't want to chase the car any more after that happened.