Gone Nuts: Squirrel Gets Drunk And Trashes Bar
A private members club saw its bar completely trashed by what they thought was burglars - but actually turned out to be a drunk SQUIRREL.
The sozzled rodent had gone nuts after downing one or two alcoholic beverages and windmilling everything in its path.
Honeybourne Railyway Club secretary Sam Boulter opened up his bar to find that the squirrel had flooded the place with Caffreys Ale, knocked glasses and bottles from the shelves as well as straws, beer mats and money off the bar.
The sheepish critter emerged from behind a box of crisps, staggering around after it had also emptied an entire barrel of beer on the floor.
Sam and two customers then spent an hour trying to capture the squirrel as he gave them the runaround at the club near Evesham, Worcs.
Having run into the gents (maybe to throw up), the squirrel was finally caught inside a rubbish bin and thrown out of the window, where it possibly found a McDonald’s breakfast to cure its hangover.
Sam estimated the damage to the bar to be in the region of £300.
He revealed: “When I opened the door it was absolutely ransacked.
"At first I thought we’d been burgled but I realised it was all still locked up and that’s when we saw the squirrel.
"I’d never seen anything like it before - he had ran around the shelves and across the bar.
"There were bottles scattered around, money scattered around and he had obviously run across the bar’s pumps and managed to turn on the Caffrey’s tap.
"He must have flung himself on the handle and he must have drank some as he was staggering around all over the place and moving a bit slowly.
"I’ve never seen a drunk squirrel before. He looked a bit worse for wear…
"I think we lost about £300 worth of stock but it is just one of those once in a lifetime things - I hope.”
The squirrel has now been barred from the premises as it clearly can’t take its drink.
Sam, who has been branch secretary at the club for 12 years, added: "I did see a squirrel in the club on Saturday morning.
"I chased him through the bar, he jumped over the counter and I thought he’d gone through the door but obviously he was still in there.
"He was a bit slow moving when we found him on Sunday evening so he must have drank a lot of the beer.
"He is the rowdiest customer we have ever had but I hope he enjoyed his lock-in.
"It’s safe to say he is now barred from the club for life.”
The first time is always the messiest.
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