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Old 12-08-2013, 06:42 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Lakesrider View Post
NOPE! It was a Chippy. We would sit there on the deck and watch him/her run over to the car with a mouthful and climb the front tire and then come back out with nothing in it's mouth. So we knew it was a Chipmunk that was loading up our hood with acorns, and gnawing the wiring.



I saw a Chipmunk make many "round-trips" to my sailboat, jumping aboard and rummaging about, and wondered about what was going on. It was only when I raised the mainsail that many ounces of birdseed fell out!



As to "seeing" the wiring gnawed, Perry Mason might have you on the witness stand to ask one last question:

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You knew that it was a Chipmunk, but did you actually see the Chipmunk gnaw the wiring?



No further questions from this witness, your Honor..."
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