There Are More Angry Squirrels Today Because We're in the Parks

Angry squirrel attacks are on the rise:

An aggressive squirrel pounced on a 4-year-old boy in an attack last week in Cuesta Park in Mountain View, Calif.

The attack happened as the boy's mother unwrapped a muffin during a picnic.

The boy had to get rabies shot after the attack. He is still getting the shots.

The attack is not the first one reported at the park.

Mountain View Community Services Director David Muela said that as many as six people have been bitten or scratched by squirrels since May, and that the attacks have become more ferocious in the last month.

It's clear now that our presence in the parks has created more angry squirrels than there were before we went there, and until we pull our people out of the parks, we won't be any safer.