Sometime yesterday evening, my house was broken into.  I was able to apprehend the intruder this afternoon.

http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/SquirrelStove.jpg
http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/Squirrel.jpg

Alright, so maybe it isn't your stereotypical breaking and entering, but he still put up one heck of a fight.

The old wood stove in the picture is located in my basement, and hasn't been used since I moved in three years ago.  It connects to a full brick chimney outside.  Apparently, Mr. Squirrel got a little too curious and fell down the chimney into the wooden stove.  That must've been quite a fall!

He got stuck in a bend in the stove pipe last night, and I had no way to get to him.  He created one heck of a racket, and I thought someone had broken into my basement until I located the source of the noise.

He must've made it the rest of the way down the stovepipe into the stove itself sometime last night, and I was able to get him into a bucket.

http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/SquirrelBucket.jpg

He is now safely outside once again, doing whatever squirrels do when it's 8 degrees and snowing.  Now I'll have to make an expedition onto my roof to figure out what happened to the mesh covering on the chimney...

-James

tree rat makes a good meal

He looks intimidated.

Did you rack a 12 Gauge before snapping the pic?

Quoted: He looks intimidated. Did you rack a 12 Gauge before snapping the pic?

I bet he has it recorded on tape and plays it non stop in his basement.

Draw down!