Big Muddy
03-26-2013, 06:23 PM
Maybe I need to give this guy a phone call........HAVE DOG---WILL TRAVEL. ;)
HuffPost: Posted: 03/25/2013 1:04 pm EDT | Updated: 03/25/2013 1:24 pm EDT
"""A squirrel has been blamed for the house fire that forced Alby Tebbutt to abandon a funeral procession, and the 73-year-old is now proclaiming he will "shoot them all."
The Romford, England resident was riding in the final car of a March 8 funeral procession when he received a phone call telling him his house was on fire, the Romford Recorder reported. Tebbutt, who was a friend of the deceased, demanded the driver leave the procession and head toward his home, where he found three fire crews attempting to control the flames.
Though he was surely none too pleased to find the fire destroyed half his garage, he didn't really start burning with rage until he learned what caused the blaze: a squirrel had chewed through an electrical wire in the garage, according to the London Evening Standard.
Tebbutt now says he's had it with the bushy-tailed troublemakers. “Everyone says I’m an animal lover, but enough is enough," he told the Standard.
He complained that when he puts out nuts to feed birds, neighborhood squirrels eat all the food he provides. "It's a battle between me and the squirrels," he told the Recorder.
"I put up with that, but now that they’ve set my house on fire, I’ve decided I’m going to shoot them all."""
HuffPost: Posted: 03/25/2013 1:04 pm EDT | Updated: 03/25/2013 1:24 pm EDT
"""A squirrel has been blamed for the house fire that forced Alby Tebbutt to abandon a funeral procession, and the 73-year-old is now proclaiming he will "shoot them all."
The Romford, England resident was riding in the final car of a March 8 funeral procession when he received a phone call telling him his house was on fire, the Romford Recorder reported. Tebbutt, who was a friend of the deceased, demanded the driver leave the procession and head toward his home, where he found three fire crews attempting to control the flames.
Though he was surely none too pleased to find the fire destroyed half his garage, he didn't really start burning with rage until he learned what caused the blaze: a squirrel had chewed through an electrical wire in the garage, according to the London Evening Standard.
Tebbutt now says he's had it with the bushy-tailed troublemakers. “Everyone says I’m an animal lover, but enough is enough," he told the Standard.
He complained that when he puts out nuts to feed birds, neighborhood squirrels eat all the food he provides. "It's a battle between me and the squirrels," he told the Recorder.
"I put up with that, but now that they’ve set my house on fire, I’ve decided I’m going to shoot them all."""