Squwabbit ?????

• by lubro
• 2013-07-06 10:07:59
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ok... here's my animal story. Granted, it may not be as exciting as donr's "nose-to-nose" bear encounter, but it's real and quite puzzling.
Yesterday, I was sitting on my back deck reading a book, when I heard a commotion around one of the bird feeders... we have 2 feeders...one is enclosed, and distributes the feed slowly at the bottom...the other feeder is an open plate like, which usually attracts the larger birds, like the doves or jays. The smaller birds seem to like the enclosed feeder, where the larger birds can't sit. The squirrels however, don't really care... they just shake the devil out of either feeder, then jump down to devour the feed. Well, yesterday, early afternoon, as I was reading, I looked up and saw what appeared to be a rabbit sitting in the open dish feeder. "how the hell did a rabbit get up into the dish?" I wondered. ( The deck is at ground level ) As I stood up for a better look, the "creature" raised his head, and low & behold, it looked like a squirrel...the head and ears and front legs looked just like a squirrel, but the rear end had huge legs like a rabbit, and a short tail. This creature jumped out of the feeder, scampered across the railing of the deck...jumped down to the ground and "HOPPED" across the yard...like a rabbit, then climbed up a tree like a squirrel...
Am I believing what I'm seeing here? This can't be real !!!
I went inside to get my digital camera, and when I returned, he was back in the feeder again. I took 5 pictures of the squwabbit before he scampered/hopped off again.
I called my neighbor Ron, and had him come out to witness this As we approached the back gate, the Squwabbit was once again sitting and eating in the open feeder. I went back thru the house and onto the deck, and as I approached, the Squwabbit scampered down the deck and HOPPED away, just like before. My very shocked neighbor said that he had never seen anything like this before either. Ironically, we each went to our computers and googled
"looks like a squirrel...hops like a rabbit" well, apparently others have seen these unexplained animals before. This is really bizarre... I would like to contact someone about this, but don't really know whom to call. Some animal control unit? Some genetic specialist??? supposedly, it is not possible for different species like rabbits & squirrels to mate and produce offspring like this, but what other explanation could there be?

1)... somehow, these 2 animal types did mate and produce a Squwabbit...
2)... perhaps in a parallel universe, one of these creatures crossed over to our side...
3)... Lubro has lost all of his marbles...

Now, I'm pretty sure all my marbles are still in place, and I'm fairly certain that I'm not crazy ( well, not entirely, anyway... I do leave some leeway for occasional bouts of crazy behavior)
The parallel universe thing is way iffy...
So, I don't really see any other explanation other than this...
I have a Squwabbit living in my yard...

Just wondered if anyone else has seen this? If you google it, then...YES... others have seen these squwabbits before...so why hasn't anyone captured one of these and tried to find some genetic explanation? Surely, since others have seen this, someone out there can explain this...
Hey... I have pictures...
so, any suggestions as to whom I can contact and where I can send the pics ???
I have never seen anything like this before. Seriously, this looks a hybrid animal...half squirrel and half rabbit...
Genetic engineering gone awry??? Hey, we already have genetically engineered crops growing everywhere, why not animals...?
Any comments ???

Lubro ... still crazy after all these years... :~) ?????