Aggressive squirrels terrorizing and injuring New York neighborhood residents

A neighborhood in New York is terrorized by hyper-aggressive squirrels. Watch a report on the rodent rampage here:

Some residents of Rego Park, Queens are now afraid to go outside following a wave of squirrel attacks in the area.

Micheline Frederick is a victim whose bites are still healing after being heavily attacked.

Speaking to WCBS-TV, she said, “You hear someone’s been bitten by a squirrel, you’re like, ‘Okay, you have a little feather, what’s the problem? “But it was… it was an MMA cage match! And I lost!”

“We’re fighting in the snow and there’s blood all over the place and my fingers are biting and it won’t let go.

“Eventually it just stopped and there I was a big mess.”

Micheline was vaccinated against rabies as a precaution after the attack on December 21 and tried to warn her neighbors – but there is not much to do when they strike.

Vinati Singh said the squirrels “ aggressively prey on people, ” including her husband on two occasions.

He said, “He basically grabbed the plastic bag I had, tried to get on my leg. I was able to chase them away. It was the first time.

“The second time, it was right here when I tried to enter.”

At least three other people in the area have said they were attacked by a squirrel, but it is unclear whether he was just a psychotic little guy or some sort of brutal squirrel cartel terrorizing the neighborhood.

Traps have now been set but the culprits / culprits have not yet been caught. In the meantime, Anita Singh Sood is taking no risks.

Speaking to ABC7 NY, she said, “When we have to leave the house, we have to wear one of mom’s homemade pepper sprays, to be sure – because if the squirrel comes to us, we have it. let’s spray. “

The New York Department of Health has said the squirrels / squirrels are unlikely to have rabies.

He said: “The New York Department of Health received a complaint about an aggressive squirrel in Rego Park and advised the property owner to hire a New York State licensed trapper.

“Squirrels and many other small rodents are rarely infected with rabies.

“If New Yorkers believe they have seen an animal infected with rabies, they should report it to 311.”