The Week contest: Scary squirrel
This week’s question: An aggressive squirrel has been terrorizing the residents of San Rafael, Calif., at least two who needed emergency medical assistance after being bitten and scratched by the rodent. If Hollywood were to make a horror movie based on this bushy-tailed menace, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “A Nightmare on Elm Tree”
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
SECOND PLACE: “Children of the Acorn”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
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THIRD PLACE: “Tails from the Crypt”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Rosemary’s Rabies”
Kristin Yorke, Merion Station, Pennsylvania
“Rocky the Squirrel Horror Picture Show”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Nut of the Living Dead”
John Parry, Eldersburg, Maryland
“Furry Friends, Bloody Ends”
Cam Dvoracek, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
“Invasion of the Nut Snatcher”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
“Mean Squirrels”
Ed Levin, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
“The Nutty Aggressor”
Raven Deerwater, Mendocino, California
“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Squirrel”
Susan Edwards, Statesville, North Carolina
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