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U.K. Squirrels Are Nuts About Crack
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
It's every city dweller's worst fear: rodents on crack.
Squirrels in Brixton, South London, have been observed behaving bizarrely — and authorities there believe it may be because they're hooked on crack cocaine hidden by addicts, according to the London Sun.
A recent crackdown by cops on dealers and addicts is thought to have inspired users to start hiding their stashes in the ground — which the squirrels are digging up.
"My neighbor said dealers had used my garden to hide crack," one Brixton resident told the Sun.
"Just an hour earlier I'd seen a squirrel digging in the flower-beds," the resident told the paper. "It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot, but it kept on desperately digging. It seems a strange thing to say, but it seemed to know what it was looking for."
So-called "crack squirrels" are already acknowledged as a problem in American cities such as Washington, D.C., and New York.
U.K. Squirrels Are Nuts About Crack
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
It's every city dweller's worst fear: rodents on crack.
Squirrels in Brixton, South London, have been observed behaving bizarrely — and authorities there believe it may be because they're hooked on crack cocaine hidden by addicts, according to the London Sun.
A recent crackdown by cops on dealers and addicts is thought to have inspired users to start hiding their stashes in the ground — which the squirrels are digging up.
"My neighbor said dealers had used my garden to hide crack," one Brixton resident told the Sun.
"Just an hour earlier I'd seen a squirrel digging in the flower-beds," the resident told the paper. "It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot, but it kept on desperately digging. It seems a strange thing to say, but it seemed to know what it was looking for."
So-called "crack squirrels" are already acknowledged as a problem in American cities such as Washington, D.C., and New York.
U.K. Squirrels Are Nuts About Crack
