The Crazy Squirrel Incident in Indonesia
One man’s pet is another’s crazy story
2 min readMay 4, 2020
- be me in Jakarta
- hot sweaty day
- chilling with coworker
- drinking local swill called Bin Tang, tastes terrible but get used to it
- run out of beer
- go to “convenience” store
- sweaty hobo with caged squirrel outside
- want to save the squirrel
- buy squirrel for 100,000 rupiah ($10 USD)
- take it to friend’s house
- place squirrel in cage in backyard
- party happening that night
- guests question our squirrel savior plan
- might’ve been day-drunk
- want to appease hot girl visitors
- decide to release squirrel during party
- countdown begins
- squirrel escapes cage
- out of nowhere cat grabs it
- squirrel escapes cat’s jaw, jumps into pool
- can’t climb out
- friend tries to help, gets bitten, draws blood
- use broom to lift squirrel out
- squirrel stubborn AF finally…
