“It was an MMA cage match, and I lost!

(Journalist)
– Residents of a neighborhood in Queens face a fierce threat, reports the AP. Residents of New York City’s Rego Park neighborhood say an aggressive squirrel has jumped on them and bit them in recent weeks, WCBS reported on Wednesday. Micheline Frederick pointed to a bruise on her wrist where she said the squirrel landed on her and then sank her teeth into her fingers and hand. “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,” Frederick said. “Finally, it stopped and there I was in a mess.”

A photo Frederick says he took after the attack shows a snowy trail covered in blood. “It was an MMA cage match! And I lost!” She added. Two other neighbors told WCBS that the squirrel jumped on them, apparently unprovoked. “These squirrels aggressively prey on people,” Vinati Singh said. the traps have not yet captured squirrels. The reason for the aggressive behavior is unclear. Small rodents like squirrels rarely test positive for rabies and are not known to have transmitted it to humans, according to the CDC.

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