[4boysmom]

<p>This morning I was mindlessly surfing the web while finishing my coffee.  All the sudden we heard a loud ***BZZZZZZZ BANG!!!!!!!***  Sigh... clear blue sky, so it could only mean... A squirrel.  Our power was still on so I didn't think another thing of it.</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/80272/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="P3230552.JPG" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="16511" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/16511/width/667/height/500" style="; width: 667px; height: 500px"></a></p>
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<p>Uh, yah, I'd say this guy got fried.  Oh, and yah, he blew the fuse which the power company quickly replaced.</p>

 

[GaReb770]

<p>I will never forget running through midtown Atlanta probably 3 to 4 months after 9/11.  There was myself, a woman and another guy who were doing extra miles.  Anyway all of a sudden there was a big boom and I could feel the heat on my back.  The woman screamed, I hit the ground trying to figure out whether a car, apartment or whatever had exploded.  After about 30 seconds or so we could see a squirrel flopping around in the middle of the street and realized he had tripped a power transformer just as we were running under it.  On the way back to our cars we passed the Georgia Power trucks enroute to repair the transformer. </p>
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<p>I'm sure the boom and heat on my back were just a second or two but I swear everything seemed like it was in slow motion.</p>

 

[Fast Eddie]

<p>Too late to do CPR on the squirrel?  <span><img alt="angel2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/angel2.gif" style="width:25px;height:20px;"></span></p>

 

[4boysmom]

<p>My guess is too late for defibrilator, too.  Not only was the fur burned off his face and down his side, all the fur was singed.  You can only imagine how much that stunk!</p>

 

[kerfwango]

<p>He's in surprisingly good shape (i.e., in one piece) considering the wattage he encountered.</p>

 

[Buxtehude]

<p>Wow!</p>

 

[lizzybenny]

<p>It is too late.</p>

 

[GaReb770]

<p>I'm thinking if we filet him and put some barbecure sauce on him, he would make a pretty good sandwich.</p>

 

[gretriever]

<p>So Mike Huckabee would say.</p>

 

[4boysmom]

<p>When one of my offspring first got a BB gun, we told him that he'd have to eat any animal he killed.  What we meant was don't shoot animals!  Next thing we know, the kid brings in a squirrel he shot.  So... a quick online search and we found a recipe for cooking squirrel.  He did eat it but said it wasn't very good.</p>

 

[gretriever]

<p>Just be thankful it wasn't a skunk he shot.  <span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>

 

[RaisingArizonainNH]

<p>Can he come over?  I have a squirrel that is destroying my barn.. his days are numbered!   </p>
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<p> ( That  shot was  gruesome.. perhaps I will print it and paste on the wall in the barn? )</p>
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