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A squirrel terrorizes a California neighborhood
Beware the killer squirrel: Elderly couple left bloodied with scratches and cuts from vicious 'tree rat' which has attacked eight people and terrorized California neighborhood - Richard Williams, 87, and his wife Norma, 83, had to be hospitalized
- Williams was cleaning the garage when the squirrel slipped in
- The rodent scratched his head, arms, and legs and smashed his glasses
- Norma then ran in and hit it with a broom and it scratched her hand
- Williams was finally able to grab it by the tail and throw it off
- A teacher and student were also recently attacked at an elementary school
- Experts believe the same squirrel has attacked eight people in Novato
Williams was doing chores in the garage when a squirrel slipped through an open door in his Novato door and immediately pounced
Richard Williams, 87, (pictured) and his wife Norma, 83, were left hospitalized with bloody scratches and cuts after a vicious squirrel terrorizing their Novato, Callifornia neighborhood attacked
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A California couple were both hospitalized with deep cuts and scratches after being attacked by a vicious squirrel terrorizing their neighborhood.
Richard Williams, 87, was doing chores in the garage when a squirrel slipped through an open door in his Novato home and pounced on him.
The squirrel clawed and scratched at Williams' head, arm and legs, immediately jumping back on him every time Williams managed to pull him off - and even smashing his glasses.
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'He charged me and jumped, and from then on, the battle started,' Williams told CBS San Francisco.
Williams' wife Norma, 83, heard his screams and immediately ran to his aid.
She grabbed a broom and started hitting the squirrel, who then jumped on her and managed to scratch her hands.
Williams was then able to grab the rodent by the tail and swung him to the garage floor, where he was momentarily stunned before racing out the door.
A neighbor brought the couple to the hospital, where they also received dozens of shots for illnesses such rabies and tetanus, in case the squirrel had them.
This wasn't the squirrel's first strike.
The Marin Humane Society believes the same squirrel has been responsible for attacks on eight people in the past three weeks, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
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The Marin Humane Society believes the same squirrel has been responsible for attacks on eight people in the past three weeks
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A Pacific Gas and Electric Company worker was scratched on the head while working in the yard of a home where the squirrel had just attacked a woman inside on November 13.
Just five days later, the squirrel brought chaos to the Pleasant Valley Elementary school when it slipped into a classroom and ran up a teacher's leg before biting her on the shoulder.
The squirrel then ran into another classroom, where it bit a child, according to CBS San Francisco.
A custodian was able to remove the squirrel from the classroom, but it escaped by the time the Marin Humane Society arrived at the school.
Experts believe a single squirrel has been responsible for the attacks because they have occurred in the same general area within the Novato neighborhood.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3tkqUXVbB
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There are squirrels all over where I live, thank god none of them have tried to attack me
