Khan
Gone but not forgotten
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not making this up: in college i had just left the dorm (off campus dorm-type apartment building). i'm standing still on the lawn between the pool and the parking lot in jeans and a t-shirt when a squirrel comes running over to me, climbs up one leg and stops on my chest. i'm a little stunned, just looking down at him. he's looking up at me. i guess he realized i wasn't a tree, turns and scampers down my other leg, runs across the lawn and up the nearest real tree.
the only other time i got almost that close to a squirrel is one in my backyard who loves cashews. about a year ago, i stupidly went to hand feed him and he bit right into my finger. researching what i should do, i discovered that it is dumb to hand feed a squirrel because they are constantly on the lookout for predators and so they don't always look at what they are eating.
It's dangerous to feed squirrels, but many people in their 50s are riding motorcycles.