[Vision2020] Squirrelly selfie results in nutty tale

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (May 2, 2014) Spokesman-Review.

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Squirrelly selfie results in nutty tale
AUBURN, Maine – A photo op with a squirrel that went awry has left a teenager flustered but unhurt.

Seventeen-year-old Brian Genest, of Auburn, said Thursday he saw what appeared to be a friendly squirrel on a hand rail while walking through John Chestnut Park near Tampa, Florida. He was on a trip looking at colleges.

Genest took a selfie of himself and the squirrel. But the flash and noises from his camera phone scared the squirrel, which climbed under his shirt and hung onto his back before scampering out.

“He was just in that spot where my arm can’t reach him,” Genest said. “I threw myself on the ground, and that scared him off.”

Genest’s mother, Paula Wright, said the spectacle Saturday taught him a lesson.

“I think he got a little lesson from the squirrel that he’s not really its buddy,” she said.

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Brian Genest’s selfie of himself and the squirrel.



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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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