Paul Ryan says the marmots have "eaten" his SUV – and he's not alone

How much truck can he scrape from a groundhog?

President Paul Ryan came close to discovering a family of critters infesting his SUV while it was in stock last winter.

"My car was eaten by animals," Ryan told the Economic Club in Washington, DC on Thursday.

"It's just dead." [19659005] Ryan was discussing his upcoming retirement from Congress, and was talking about how he was not allowed to drive since he became Speaker of the House in 2015.

He said that he had warehoused his Chevrolet Suburban at Madison, Wis-area, at his mother's, and that it would not start when she would check it out after her return. a trip to Florida. earlier this year. When he brought it to the concession, the mechanics told him that the groundhogs had eaten away the wires

Many types of rodents are engaged in this activity, which some have blamed on the use of products Soybeans in Car Wiring Systems,

Marmots, or Piping Pigs as they are also known, have become so prevalent in the state of Badger that Governor Scott Walker signed a Bill Last year that removed them from the list of Wisconsin protected species. In fact, a similar case was reported this spring at the Madison Police Department, according to the WPTA, when the private cars of several officers started having wire-chew problems and they caught the suspect on the security camera. He was trapped and released into the wild, but they kept preventive measures in place.

Ryan did not say if his Chevrolet was parked outside or in a garage, but experts suggest keeping an eye on burrows near the place where are kept vehicles, spreading rodent repellents in suspicious areas or spraying on specific parts that you want to protect. Consumer Reports also recommends marking an area with an anti-mouse ribbon that is infused with capsicum, the substance that makes spicy peppers.

This aroma might have been more appropriate on one of Ryan's previous rides, when he was driving the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. summer teenager

Regarding his future car, he will not receive a new Suburban as his former, which was built in a GM factory now closed in his hometown of Janesville. Instead, he plans to take a Ford F-150 when he leaves office next January.