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Drunk driver’s excuse for speeding and swerving: Squirrel’s fault

Nationa Post -- Often, drivers create fanciful excuses as to why they’re driving erratically or breaking the law.

A Clay County, Fla. police officer was recently gobsmacked to discover that the driver he pulled over was, as he claimed, being eaten by a squirrel.

Deputy J.C. Saunders reports that he pulled over driver Warren Thomas Michael III following reports that his vehicle was speeding and swerving across the road. “Upon contact with the defendant, he immediately told me had a squirrel eating him,” wrote Saunders in his arrest report. “The defendant pointed out a small squirrel he had wrapped under his shirt. After some discussion about the squirrel, I introduced myself and explained the reason for the stop.” The deputy says that he had the defendant “secure the squirrel” before conducting field

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sheetzu Veteran Author Charlotte Posts:441 Points:276,355 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 24, 2012 8:38:08 AM Ignore sheetzu Report Abuse What's that on the squirrel's mouth anyway? Looks like it has its lip pierced and some kind of stud hanging off it!
oilfreak All-Star Author Houston Posts:707 Points:38,185 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 24, 2012 8:36:43 AM Ignore oilfreak Report Abuse that driver could be a hardcore Obama supporter.
TruthMatters Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,586 Points:558,555 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Oct 24, 2012 8:23:01 AM Ignore TruthMatters Report Abuse No need to read the whole thing. The teaser paragraphs are enough to make one's head shake in disbelief. Now I've seen it all!
Grizdad Champion Author San Bernardino Posts:5,687 Points:806,230 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Oct 24, 2012 8:18:15 AM Ignore Grizdad Report Abuse No one takes responsibility for their actions anymore.
remay Champion Author Houston Posts:7,078 Points:2,143,965 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Oct 24, 2012 6:50:10 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse sad, sad, sad, not even funny...
bston Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:1,955 Points:669,990 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 11:13:56 PM Ignore bston Report Abuse The squirrel must be laughing itself silly!
sheetzu Veteran Author Charlotte Posts:441 Points:276,355 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:02:45 PM Ignore sheetzu Report Abuse I don't know how many responses in a row you're allowed, so if I exceeded it I apologize. I just had one more thing to say about cars and small animals as they relate to gas milage. You could put a treadmill cage in a car and hook it up as an assist to the engine so that when the little buggers were chasing after their treat on a string, it would improve your gas milage a little bit. Hey, just a thought!
sheetzu Veteran Author Charlotte Posts:441 Points:276,355 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 5:24:46 PM Ignore sheetzu Report Abuse The part that says a cobra and a mongoose is a car, should be "in a car".
sheetzu Veteran Author Charlotte Posts:441 Points:276,355 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 5:17:41 PM Ignore sheetzu Report Abuse I think that last response was just plain silly. Oh! that was me.
sheetzu Veteran Author Charlotte Posts:441 Points:276,355 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 5:05:18 PM Ignore sheetzu Report Abuse Let's have more of those squirrel stories, I think they're great. Ray Stevens made a fortune off of his story about a squirrel. Let's not stop there though, a story about a cobra and a mongoose loose is a car would be hilarious especially if the driver of the car was a crossdressing Baptist preacher who couldn't afford to stop the car lest he was exposed to his congregation. I think I saw this story on one of those world's dumbest driver shows but maybe minus the cobra and mongoose.
7SPEEDY7 Champion Author Flint Posts:1,421 Points:632,925 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 4:42:04 PM Ignore 7SPEEDY7 Report Abuse CRAZY!!
Alaydown Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:5,259 Points:847,815 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 1:58:44 PM Ignore Alaydown Report Abuse The driver must work for Obama. Obama blames his mistakes on someone/something else too.
dumba55 Sophomore Author Chicago Posts:142 Points:37,675 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 10:31:32 AM Ignore dumba55 Report Abuse can't even see those lil creature on the road
crep1291 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,637 Points:486,190 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 10:15:40 AM Ignore crep1291 Report Abuse The squirrel is really cute, but the article doesn't really have anything to do with gas prices.
investmentdr Champion Author Cleveland Posts:4,127 Points:1,480,910 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 10:15:11 AM Ignore investmentdr Report Abuse hey those little guys can be hard to squish (and miss)
sljbc475 Champion Author Tucson Posts:4,360 Points:900,075 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 10:08:56 AM Ignore sljbc475 Report Abuse Drunk drivers fault always!
sagnat Champion Author Riverside Posts:1,293 Points:336,065 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 10:05:25 AM Ignore sagnat Report Abuse Gobsmacked....not a word often seen in print nowadays.
SUVFan Champion Author Columbus Posts:14,173 Points:1,661,255 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 9:28:47 AM Ignore SUVFan Report Abuse I'm thinking dude probaby said, "Show Shorry Oshifer, I schped up and shuddenly schwerved to avoid a schmal schwrirell.
eschroth442 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:1,196 Points:358,490 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 9:01:04 AM Ignore eschroth442 Report Abuse WOW what a squirrel story
AVKZ All-Star Author Kalamazoo Posts:934 Points:316,310 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 8:21:40 AM Ignore AVKZ Report Abuse What a squirrely story.
rbrk02 Champion Author Rhode Island Posts:5,917 Points:844,930 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 8:07:14 AM Ignore rbrk02 Report Abuse What's next?
ToolinIt Champion Author Colorado Posts:1,805 Points:912,135 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 8:06:20 AM Ignore ToolinIt Report Abuse Must be a slow day for news.
58salty Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:6,831 Points:657,590 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 7:35:23 AM Ignore 58salty Report Abuse Ha,ha
ktyson13 Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,556 Points:403,650 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 7:33:02 AM Ignore ktyson13 Report Abuse That's a new one on me! Never heard the squirrel eating me defense before!
Gville Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,461 Points:1,139,905 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 7:29:02 AM Ignore Gville Report Abuse Even without "Drunk" in the headline, you could smell the alcohol.
ReddevilNO Champion Author New Orleans Posts:3,481 Points:600,090 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:52:07 AM Ignore ReddevilNO Report Abuse Wow! You gotta look out for those little guys....
335d1 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,524 Points:786,745 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:37:57 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse That's a new one!
MImusicman Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,013 Points:435,375 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:22:14 AM Ignore MImusicman Report Abuse Idiot!!!
danny999 Champion Author Florida Posts:8,863 Points:1,666,760 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:12:03 AM Ignore danny999 Report Abuse They'll drive you nuts.......
Luckylindy Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:4,655 Points:1,154,770 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:11:08 AM Ignore Luckylindy Report Abuse Those things are killers, I tell ya.
skippypa Champion Author Hawaii Posts:8,616 Points:1,768,630 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:11:05 AM Ignore skippypa Report Abuse Ok
George0446 All-Star Author Massachusetts Posts:547 Points:248,765 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 5:35:56 AM Ignore George0446 Report Abuse Points given to the police officer continuing with the sobriety test after that story.
BBopp Champion Author Dayton Posts:6,944 Points:1,956,930 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 5:21:24 AM Ignore BBopp Report Abuse I'm surprised he was arrested for animal cruelty. A very interesting story however it belongs in another arena.
pulpwood Champion Author Mississippi Posts:7,379 Points:1,860,855 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 5:13:41 AM Ignore pulpwood Report Abuse watch that dang squirrel
revnancys Champion Author West Virginia Posts:1,325 Points:278,170 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 4:55:33 AM Ignore revnancys Report Abuse sure
Cothrom Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,857 Points:752,480 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 4:10:17 AM Ignore Cothrom Report Abuse Oh what a classic DUI excuse!
SBlouch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:8,836 Points:1,885,285 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 4:04:36 AM Ignore SBlouch Report Abuse This was on TV last week and the squirrel was his pet. Must give him credit for having a very unusual excuse to try to get out of his DWI. Bet the police officer, who pulled the driver over, has won the prize for the most creative excuse. Wonder if the squirrel was hungry and was looking for some nuts.
flyank Veteran Author Miami Posts:358 Points:267,150 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 3:56:38 AM Ignore flyank Report Abuse The guy is clearly nuts.
MN1 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,494 Points:677,915 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 3:14:09 AM Ignore MN1 Report Abuse And the dog ate my homework.
Bussman Champion Author Dallas Posts:5,668 Points:1,386,910 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 3:06:44 AM Ignore Bussman Report Abuse He inherited the squirrel from Bush!
KrsnaDragon Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,547 Points:559,000 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:46:31 AM Ignore KrsnaDragon Report Abuse Too funny..! Driving while distracted is dangerous, whether the influence is alcohol/drug impairment, sleep deprivation, or being eaten behind the wheel.
gasmack Champion Author Ventura Posts:1,752 Points:679,840 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:39:25 AM Ignore gasmack Report Abuse That's a good one. Hope the squirrel wasn't searching for nuts.
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:27,145 Points:3,126,955 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:39:05 AM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse isn't that what pet cages are for????
RNCII Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,610 Points:669,970 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:26:22 AM Ignore RNCII Report Abuse LOL
q2 Champion Author Alberta Posts:2,174 Points:407,045 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:24:59 AM Ignore q2 Report Abuse Nothing to do with gas prices
bcok Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,181 Points:1,555,520 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:20:17 AM Ignore bcok Report Abuse ok
texasvet Champion Author Texas Posts:3,890 Points:364,345 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:20:04 AM Ignore texasvet Report Abuse That's a $100 fine for DUI and a $10,000 fine for not wearing his seatbelt - plus another $5000 because the squirrel wasn't wearing his.
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,848 Points:627,720 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:18:20 AM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse The driver probably said something like "aww nuts" when the police lights came on...
LostToo Champion Author Illinois Posts:4,392 Points:975,315 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:17:30 AM Ignore LostToo Report Abuse At least it was in his shirt. The squirrels around here are looking for "Nuts."
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,848 Points:627,720 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2012 2:16:48 AM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse HeeHeeHee...