Squirguls

According to Stephanie
When I was in my early 20s, a bird made a temporary nest out of my hair when I was sitting at a happy hour.  She just fell right out of her nest and did a little jig in my curls, whilst I froze and calmly insisted that people help me.  Today, I was sitting outside reading when I heard a rustling in the bushes behind me.  I looked back to find a squirrel doing a flying leap from my deck into a bush.  I turned around thinking nothing of it until I heard the little sucker rush up behind me, and before I could turn, I felt a whoosh and two paws double tap me on the shoulder before he bounded away toward a tree.  How bold!
Now, it might have been our mangy squirrel named Merle who used to wreak all sorts of havoc in the backyard, but still, that's just really an out of bounds move to use me as a springboard. And a double tap?!  Well, I never!
Below is a picture of what he probably saw as he was flying toward me.

One of our reporters in the field caught another one of the squirrel family doing something spectacular.  This picture was captured by John, our correspondent at the U of M.  Amazing strength in those little jaws, no?