Người phụ nữ mất nó sau khi phát hiện ra con sóc béo nhất mà cô từng thấy
“Tôi thực sự đã mất cảnh giác …”
Để đánh dấu sự xuất hiện của mùa thu năm nay, Erin Zak quyết định đặt một số bí ngô trước hiên nhà – một chút tinh tế lễ hội để kỷ niệm sự thay đổi của mùa. Nhưng Zak sớm biết rằng có ai đó đang tiến hành xem những quả bí ngô không chỉ đơn thuần là đồ trang trí.
Những quả bí ngô đang bị gặm nhấm – và Zak nghi ngờ về việc ai có khả năng là thủ phạm.
Zak wasn’t too upset over the unauthorized pumpkin carving, however — more so the bits of pumpkin debris it left behind.
“It really takes a lot for me to get angry or annoyed at something, especially something like that,” Zak told The Dodo. “The mess to clean up was a little irritating, but it’s really no big deal.”
Come Halloween, she tried to make the most of it.
Whoever it was eating the pumpkins had managed to avoid getting caught in the act. That is, until just the other day.
Arriving home, Zak spotted him — the fattest, happiest squirrel she’d ever seen.
“I was literally caught off guard and thought it was a groundhog!” Zak said. “I realized this is the culprit who has been eating through all of my Halloween decorations.”
Zak lost it.
He was quite the chonk, as Zak pointed out in her rant of mock displeasure. In reality, she was delighted to have finally caught sight of him.
“When I saw the big fella, I thought it was just so funny!” Zak said. “My commentary might sound a little harsh, but I’m actually just joking around. I guess that’s just my sense of humor.”
The squirrel moved on after getting his fill, but Zak bumped into him again later on. She had more to say.
Though Zak might have been body-shaming the squirrel for comical effect, the chubby rodent hardly seemed to take offense.
After all, ahead of the cold and lean winter months approaching, it’s basically a squirrel’s job to fatten up.
And this guy clearly takes his work very seriously.
In the end, not having any pristine, unchewed-upon pumpkins is a small price to pay for sharing a space with such a cute, fat squirrel.
“I love nature. I love animals,” Zak said. “I know they’re just trying to survive.”
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