My favorite news story of the day: Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3
The thing about it that is so beautiful is how the writer managed to make it so dramatic. This is a lesson in the use of language:
An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch.
The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said Thursday.
With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off.
The animal then entered a building site and jumped on a construction worker, injuring him on the hand and arm, before he managed to fight it off with a measuring pole.
"After that, the squirrel went into the 72-year-old man's garden and massively attacked him on the arms, hand and thigh," the spokesman said. "Then he killed it with his crutch."
The spokesman said experts thought the attack may have been linked to the mating season or because the squirrel was ill.
Rampage isn't a word we get to use often, but here's a less dramatic example:
Ape escapes, goes on 3-hour rampage
Also see: Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'
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