{"id":10523,"date":"2025-10-08T20:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=10523"},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:01:41","slug":"very-mean-squirrel-seeking-food-has-sent-at-least-2-people-to-the-er-in-a-california-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/10\/08\/very-mean-squirrel-seeking-food-has-sent-at-least-2-people-to-the-er-in-a-california-city\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Very mean squirrel\u2019 seeking food has sent at least 2 people to the ER in a California city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/trending-now\/2025\/09\/an-aggressive-squirrel-seeking-food-has-sent-at-least-2-people-to-the-er-in-california-city\/\">WTOP<\/a> Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angry squirrel attacks people in California\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8-PoGdK5Y1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joan Heblack told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/vicious-squirrel-sends-2-san-rafael-california-residents-er-neighbors-report-series-frightening-attacks\/17865892\/\">ABC affiliate KGO-TV<\/a>&nbsp;that she was walking in the Lucas Valley neighborhood of San Rafael when a squirrel seemingly came out of nowhere and attacked her leg, clawing and biting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt clamped onto my leg. The tail was flying up here. I was like, \u2018Get it off me, get off me!\u2019,\u201d Heblack said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabel Campoy also said she was attacked while walking in the same area. The squirrel launched itself from the ground to her face and wound up on her arm, leaving it bloody, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both women went to the emergency room, the TV station reported in its Monday story.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTOP Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment. 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