The mystery of the Squirrel and the mutant ninja mole?

[Guest]

I need some ideas here because this is really baffling to me.

I found in my fenced back yard a recently dead squirrel (no rigor mortis) with its head and shoulders in the ground and I cannot figure out how such a thing would have happened. Neither my dogs nor cats were in the back yard all day. And actually the "ground" in this location consists only of loose leaves for probably 6 - 8 inches in depth.

Did the squirrel dig after a nut and pass out/forget which way was up/fall asleep? :D Not likely. :p

Squirrels are pretty fast...but perhaps a mutant ninja mole overpowered the squirrel but then couldn't get it all the way underground. :)

Life as a squirrel get too hard to take so she buried her head in the ground?

Perhaps a snake? If so, why didn't the snake eat the squirrel?

Anyway, I picked up the squirrel with a shovel to go bury it and there we're no marks on it.
Anybody have any ideas what could have caused this?

By the way, this is the SECOND squirrel I've found in this exact same manner! Only a few feet from my back patio.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Oh Man I'm laughing soooooo hard! There are sooo many ways this is gonna go bad with a squirrel, a hole, nuts and no marks!
If you ever see that numchuck welding sabertoothed polar mole make sure you get some pictures!

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

The picture shows the attackers....it was a flock of mutant flies. They are holding down the squirrel and pushing it underground to their secret fly cave.

[LizardKing]

Is it possible that it got into some rat poison or something similar and was trying to find some water?

[WiseOwl]

I say secret Fly Cave

[MustangGal]

Rocket J Squirrel was sabotaged by Boris Badenov. Wonder what he did with Bullwinkle....

[miked2345]

It's George Bush's fault. (Offical Whitehouse Response)

[Klayton]

Any buried power lines in that area? That crazy thing "invisible dog fence" or power from a solar unit, or buried power from house to garage?

Rigor Mortis for such a small animal can come and go pretty darn quick...

[Noble]

Ahh...secret Fly Cave! I hadn't thought of that. That would explain the abundance of flies in the vicinity. And here I had chalked them up to the neighbor's pot bellied pig right next door. :)

I actually think I would prefer a sabertooth polar mole over a fly cave...easier to shoot ;)

No buried power lines, invisi-fences, or such any where.
And there is a fresh water fountain about 10 feet from where this poor creature lay dead.

Still a mystery. :confused: