Flaming squirrel ignites car in Bayonne

[Squatch]

A kamikaze squirrel fell from the sky and detonated a Bayonne woman's car yesterday, police said today.

:hide: <---Me, scared

Tony Millar said firefighters told them it was the work of a buck-toothed saboteur that had been gnawing on overhead power lines connected to a transformer directly above the 2006 Toyota Camry.

"The squirrel chewed through the wire, was set on fire, fell down directly to where the car was," Tony Millar said. "The squirrel, on fire, slid into the engine compartment and blew up the car.
"They're always coming around here, chewing through the garbage," he added.

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[distantearlywarning]

1. Squirrels: The new weapon of mass destruction. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

2. "Slid into the engine compartment"? Eh?

I guess he figured out how to pop the hood ... while on fire.

[MzNov]

3. smokey nj, are you OK?

:rofl:

[phantom power]

4. Damn, life really *does* come at you fast.

They should submit here:

http://www.lifecomesatyoufast.com/awards.html

[Selatius]

5. Would car insurance cover this? Or would they say they don't pay out due to electric squirrel fire?

[Deep13]

6. I was going to write something about how "flaming squirrel" is not something...

...one expects to see in print. Then I saw the attached photo. I was really worried this morning that I might have to suffer throught he day without seeing rodent balls. Fortunately, I needn't have worried.

[Buzz Clik]

9. HUGE rodent balls.

[LiberalEsto]

10. Could those be transplanted

into certain members of Congress?

[Atman]

7. The Flaming Squirrels...weren't they an eighties band?

:hi:

.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Poor squirrel. I watched one explode once, when it jumped onto

a transformer. The electricity went out up and down the street, and furry squirrel scraps were scattered about. At least he didn't suffer, but it was a shocking thing to witness--one second, happily frisking about on a telephone pole, and the next...Ker-POW!

[NYVet]

11. I'm split on this

Should I be glad that the car was destroyed, which temporarily reduced greenhouse gasses, but at the same time, I feel for the squirrel in a "cute fuzzy animal" type way.

[yellowcanine]

12. Too bad about the car.

[homerk]

13. Gay squirrels with matches are dangerous

[shireen]

14. LOL! Gotta love those little bushytails! nt

[Horse with no Name]

15. I have seen lots of squirrels

but I have never seen one with it's anatomy as "enhanced" as the one you are showing.

[Squatch]

16. Squirrels have only recently begun growing huge balls

as evidenced by their brazen attacks on infrastructure and private property.

[Botany]

17. Terrorist Squirrels?

[smokey nj]

18. I live two blocks away from where this happened. We had a minor power outage the other day,

now I know why.

[northofdenali]

19. I knew copper prices were high, but the squirrel's are going after it, too?

Sounds like a new terra plot to get our copper waaar. :P