SquirrelMan to lose his home

[donutsweeper]

I love America...

"David Csaky,  known as "Squirrelman" to his Seattle neighbors, has been living in a homemade tree house with million-dollar views of a lake and Seattle's Queen Anne Hill for the past three years, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "I was happy as hell," Csaky, 52, told the paper. But his joy has come to an end as officials kicked him off of his perch, constructed on other people's property....Squirrelman has nowhere to go. Officials have approached him with a list of shelters that don't accept pets — Csaky lives with pet rat "Lucky," a ferret named "Rainbow" and an off-balance squirrel called "Tilt" — but all Squirrelman really wants is to live it out for a few more years in his handmade home, the paper said."  (See article for more)

Murry is keeping his eye on this story!

Comments

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

That's a few days old. His neighbors banded together to buy him an RV!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh my, but did Tilt, Lucky and Rainbow move with him?

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

That is a seriously awesome thing to do. I was already uber impressed with the way they'd help him out (the block and tackle guy and the people letting him have use of their electricity...)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

an off-balance squirrel called "Tilt"

What I want to know is, is there any other kind of squirrel?

That's a fantastic story!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Not in my book!

The funny thing was in ALL the newspaper articles I could find they all described the animals that way.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

What I like most about this extremely classy wall clock is that you can tell the squirrel has recently been nursing babies. Or possibly the kitten.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*snerk* I really don't think I could have that up on my wall! :)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

What I love is that it's for sale at all. If it were cheaper I'd buy it as a gag gift!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there is that. I'd love to give it to someone who'd feel obligated to hang it. Although I doubt I could keep a straight face when I hand it over

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

OMG !

[chatona.livejournal.com]

an off-balance squirrel *falls over giggling*

uhm. yes.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I *know* isn't that hysterical!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

It is! An off-balance squirrel. Seriously. How does that even work?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but I am dang curious. Is it physical? Like always falling over? Or is it comparison to all his squirrel friends, like he's psychologically different or something?

[chatona.livejournal.com]

A squirrel without a sense of balance would be pretty screwed, no? So maybe it's psychological. Maybe it's an emo!squirrel.

Oh God. Must stop this train of thought *giggles*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

emo!squirrel. Murray would be so disappointed

[chatona.livejournal.com]

But there needs to be variety among squirrels, too!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

maybe. Just maybe. After all it's squirrels like that which make people think they are just cute fuzzy animals... and not actually plotting world domination

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

The city actually ended up giving him an extension because everyone made such a fuss about them kicking him out.

Dude, I finally realize why I recognized him on the news the other day. I've met him with his ferret downtown before!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

You met him? But with the ferret and not the squirrel, that's too bad, I'm dang curious about how off balance that squirrel could be!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

He doesn't tend to walk around with the squirrel and the rat. People in Seattle aren't too fond of those particular rodents...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

such a shame... I'm really curious about the poor tilting squirrel

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I'll ask next time I see him.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:D excellent!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine the conversation now...