Today, I found a baby squirrel on the pavement and thought I'd try and rescue it. While I googled what to do, it started running around. I tried to grab it, but it ran straight into the path of a car. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I ran to my car and zoomed to work to avoid being late. I was in such a hurry, I forgot to close all my windows. When I got back to my car, I found a dead squirrel inside. FML
Today, I accidentally ran over a squirrel on the road. I was late for work so I didn't stop. Later, someone keyed the word PETA into the side of my car. FML
Today, I ran over a squirrel. I saw it twitching, so I backed over it to end its suffering. It wasn't a squirrel; it was a kitten. The children it belonged to watched as I ran over their kitten. Twice. FML
Today, I found my cat downstairs with a squirrel dangling from his mouth. When I saw this, I yelled at my cat to put it down. He did. Turns out the squirrel was still alive and run. I had to spend the next three hours chasing it out of my house. FML
Today, while driving my new car, a squirrel ran in front of me so I slammed on my brakes. The person behind me didn't notice and rear-ended me. The squirrel got hit by a car going the opposite direction. FML
Today, I swerved out of the way to avoid hitting a squirrel, and in the process hit another squirrel. FML
Today, I was walking down a path in the woods behind my house when I saw a squirrel. It ran away, but little did I know it wasn't running from me, it was running from the dog that had forced Animal Control to sweep the area. I ended up with stitches in my leg. FML
Today, I saw a squirrel beside a tree. Thinking it was cute, I stepped closer, picked up a pine cone and tried to lure it to come closer. After about two minutes of silently squatting on someone's lawn holding a pine cone, I realized the squirrel was dead. FML
Today, I was on a drive with my uncle. We saw a dead deer on the side of the road and expressed our pity for it. Then a squirrel runs across the road and my uncle swerves toward the squirrel, laughing hysterically and yelling, "Run rodent run." FML
Today, for the first time ever, while I was driving I ran over a squirrel. It was in front of three little girls at their lemonade stand. FML
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pooldude 24
should have picked it up carefully and carried it to safety before using Google
HappyItalian 38
I would've at least tried to take care of it the best I could and bring it to a safe place first before googling what to do next. Animals won't wait for you forever, you know.
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Comments (51)
trucker2 33
It was the thought that counts
EyRaB 17
That's one nutty situation. Sorry OP. At least the law backs you up too as your innocence is covered by the Good Samaritan Act
DEATHLORD_fml 16
Cool.I would have laughed in pleasure, seeing the creature die.No I am not an animal abuser, not am I like this in real life.Sort of.
Weasely 11
I bet you're the coolest kid in your 7th grade class.
punmessiah 28
You should've just called any nearby animal experts such as the ASPCA or something. If you were to manage to catch it, I'd give it a week of survival in your care, judging by the fact you checked Google for help.
tlnorman 18
Try a day given that this ones a first class idiot.
Erksangel 25
Probably should have just left it alone....
tlnorman 18
Here's a thought take said baby squirrel into the house and then Google what to do. Or better yet don't google because you're NOT A VET and take it to a vet or to a wildlife rescue shelter. Dumb ass!
MonstreBelle 29
If you ever come across another animal that you think needs rescuing, keep an eye it from a distance until the end of the day to see if the mother comes back at all or if the animal really does need help before you try to catch it. A lot of the time people think an animal needs help just because of their size. Wanting to rescue it is a nice thought, but more often than not animals are only distressed by human intervention that they don't need. I've only come across one animal that actually needed help. It was a baby bird that had fallen out of a nest in a bush. After several hours his mother hadn't been back and he was too little to move anything but his head, so I had an impromptu pet bird for a while.
mareike 16
At least you tried
ninjahesten 18
i once saved a squirrel, it was hit by a car comming against me. she just ran it over and continued, so to save it and put it out of its pain, i ran it over with my 16 ton truck :(
hpandher 16
You killed it!!!