San Jose area people look out for this menace lol
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/10/BAGIFPOA6L1.DTL
SAN JOSE
Squirrel attacks 3 at school
Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007
A squirrel went on the attack in a San Jose elementary school Wednesday, bloodying an 11-year-old girl and a parent in a slashing, biting assault and injuring a second grown-up before making its escape.
All three victims from Evergreen Elementary School were treated for bites and scratches at a local hospital, school district spokesman Will Ector said, and all were undergoing rabies treatment as a precaution. They also were administered antibiotics, he said.
The attack occurred as a classroom of first-graders prepared to go on a field trip around 8:30 a.m. Two parent chaperones were standing in the room when the squirrel ran in and clawed its way up one of the adult's legs, Ector said.
"They were trying to get it off and another parent was trying to assist," he said. "In the process, both were bitten. One was nipped on the fingertip and scratched on the arm, and the other parent was bitten on the arm."
Finally, the squirrel jumped off the mom, did a loop around the classroom, ran out the door and jumped on the 11-year-old student as she walked by. She was bitten on the arm as well, Ector said.
The student and one of the parents were bitten hard enough to draw blood, police Sgt. Nick Muyo said.
The squirrel dashed off after attacking the girl, and the school went into a lockdown as a safety precaution, Ector said. Traps have been set.
Ector acknowledged that even if a squirrel is caught, it will be hard to verify whether it's the right critter.
"Anything we catch we will turn over to the county for them to check," he said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/10/BAGIFPOA6L1.DTL
SAN JOSE
Squirrel attacks 3 at school
Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007
A squirrel went on the attack in a San Jose elementary school Wednesday, bloodying an 11-year-old girl and a parent in a slashing, biting assault and injuring a second grown-up before making its escape.
All three victims from Evergreen Elementary School were treated for bites and scratches at a local hospital, school district spokesman Will Ector said, and all were undergoing rabies treatment as a precaution. They also were administered antibiotics, he said.
The attack occurred as a classroom of first-graders prepared to go on a field trip around 8:30 a.m. Two parent chaperones were standing in the room when the squirrel ran in and clawed its way up one of the adult's legs, Ector said.
"They were trying to get it off and another parent was trying to assist," he said. "In the process, both were bitten. One was nipped on the fingertip and scratched on the arm, and the other parent was bitten on the arm."
Finally, the squirrel jumped off the mom, did a loop around the classroom, ran out the door and jumped on the 11-year-old student as she walked by. She was bitten on the arm as well, Ector said.
The student and one of the parents were bitten hard enough to draw blood, police Sgt. Nick Muyo said.
The squirrel dashed off after attacking the girl, and the school went into a lockdown as a safety precaution, Ector said. Traps have been set.
Ector acknowledged that even if a squirrel is caught, it will be hard to verify whether it's the right critter.
"Anything we catch we will turn over to the county for them to check," he said.
