German police have come to the rescue of a man being chased by a baby squirrel. Officers in the south-western city of Karlsruhe responded to the call for help and arrived to see the creature still terrorising the caller. The squirrel was taken into custody after it abruptly fell asleep.
According to a police report of the incident, officers arrived at the scene in a patrol car to find that the unnamed man was indeed being chased by a squirrel. The drama ended when the baby squirrel, presumably tired from all the excitement, fell asleep abruptly.
Officers took pity on the animal, which had probably become separated from its mother. Police said it likely targeted the man because it was in search of a new home.
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“It often happens that squirrels which have lost their mothers look for a replacement and then focus their efforts on one person,” said Christina Krenz, a police spokeswoman.
She said the animals could be “very persistent, not just running behind someone, but entirely fixated on them. It can be pretty scary. The man didn’t know what to do and so he called the police. He was certainly feeling a bit threatened.”
But police on the scene appeared more amused than alarmed.
“A squirrel will be our new mascot, it will be christened Karl-Friedrich,” said the police write-up. “The squirrel has fallen asleep in fright.”
Krenz said: “It was just a bit of fun. The officers thought up a name that would suit the baby squirrel.”
Officers took the sleeping Karl-Friedrich into police custody, and then to an animal rescue centre, where it was said to be doing well.
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