A terrorist squirrel diverted an American Airlines flight en route to Japan from Texas. The aircraft was forced to land in Hawaii. The Animal Uprising™ strikes again!
Crews from American Airlines heard an eastern gray squirrel in the ceiling panel on Friday morning.
Traps were set up and the animal was caught later in the day.
Inspectors are conducting a rabies test. Officials do not know how long the critter got onboard.
Aside from that rather garbled last sentence, our experts surmise that this was an attempt to smuggle squirrel terrorists into Hawaii. While the authorities were busy subduing the hijacker, his accomplices sneaked off the plane and disappeared into the underbrush. We expect new squirrel terror in Hawaii at any moment.
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Here’s a lead for a good follow-up story regarding the Stowaway Squirrel that invaded Hawaii. Evidently, an eastern gray squirrel (S.carolinensis) placed so much fear in the hearts of both state and federal government officials, the taskforce ordered the squirrel killed and an autopsy performed.
The reults of the autopsy were released today, February 16th. and suprisingly the squirrel tested negative for rabies.
Of course both the State of Hawaii and the United States Federal Government knew prior to ordering the taskforce to carry out the execution, that the results would be negative.
The reason it was already known that the rabies test would be negative is: There is no record or evidence anywhere in the United States of any squirrel ever infecting a human with rabies. Neither are squirrels known to pass rabies on to any other living creature. It just doesn’t happen. One of God’s little mysteries.
I already did update but forgot to link back here. Thanks for reminding me. Squirrels don’t give rabies to humans? Really?