A sadistic squirrel makes a bloody attack on a neighborhood in Queens, leaving some injured scared to go outside.
“The squirrel didn’t care, he just wanted something – he wanted blood,” Micheline Frederick, a 56-year-old resident of Rego Park, told The Post on Wednesday. “For a few days after that, I came out with a shovel, just in case, looking around.”
The squirrel’s survivor also told ABC 7 that she had good reason to be shaken by the rogue rodent: “The next thing I know is an MMA cage match and I lose. Basically, it goes through my leg and I say “OK squirrel, hello – what are you doing?” ”
The bushy-tailed beast “either bit me or scratched my neck,” Frederick said of the invasion that left his hands bleeding and bruised on December 21st.
Since she had at least eight bites and her pink finger was “quite chewed,” doctors at a nearby emergency care center sent Frederick to the emergency room for rabies.
She later warned her neighbor, Licia Wang, of the impending threat.
However, her message was not enough: despite being careful, Wang was also brutalized by the animal.
“I tried to take it out, but I can’t, you know – because squirrels have claws, they cling to your winter jacket. There’s no way to shake him, “Wang told ABC 7 about his own recent fluffy crazy contest, which may be the same one that attacked Frederick.
Three other people – at least – reported recent encounters with bloodthirsty parasites near 65th Drive, near Fitchett Street. It is not clear if all the incidents were committed by the same terror or if a pack of squirrels is at work, but anyway, the inhabitants now live in fear of being attacked.
“[I’m] worried about the kids. That’s what most people are concerned about – it’s the kids, “said Frederick.
“When we leave the house, we have to carry our mother’s homemade pepper spray to make sure that if it comes to us, then we spray it,” Anika Singh Sood, an eyewitness to the wild squirrel, told local TV news. crăpând.
However, Anika’s mother, Vinata Singh, 45, told The Post that she had identified the markings. multiple squirrels – one of which “threw” her face.
“I don’t know how many – but I’d put at least three,” Vinata said, handling his DIY pepper spray and pointing to bites on a wooden chair on the family’s porch. “The first time my husband was attacked, the reason he noticed was that [the squirrel] he was blushing aggressively here. “
The mother also said she heard a rumor that a pet in the neighborhood could have escaped. A representative for “one of the agencies” approached by residents told Vinata that the violence could be the result of a “pet squirrel that does not know how to hunt or feed for food, which could have chased another squirrel that would he could have been sick – and probably got infected. ” She stressed that it is just a “theory” at the moment.
Despite requests for help from the community, the city only recommended hiring an authorized trapeze artist, which they did. So far, the fur monster remains on the blade.
“The New York Department of Health has received a complaint about an aggressive squirrel from Rego Park and has advised the property owner to hire a New York State-authorized trapper,” the city’s Department of Health said in a statement. “Squirrels and many other small rodents are rarely infected with rabies. If New Yorkers believe they have noticed a rabies-infected animal, they should report it to 311. ”
Meanwhile, Frederick showed his bandages to the station and said with a laugh, “Yes, 2020 was a devil of a year – but I certainly didn’t expect to be attacked by a squirrel.”