Photo by Acton PD.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Acton Police report a car erupted in flames this morning.
Early investigation indicates it was possibly a squirrel's nest.
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Bad sign
By BostonDog
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 10:18am
TLF has started hiring Squirrel mercenaries.
Turkeys are mostly talk but squirrels don't negotiate.
Quick actin' in Acton.
By Athlete
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 10:20am
Quick actin' in Acton.
Squirrels don’t nest in cars.
By Lee
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 11:05am
But mice do.
oh yeah?
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 1:19pm
Simply googling "squirrel nest in car" proves you wrong. Many times over.
I'll say this much
By Waquiot
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 1:42pm
Until a few years ago, I did not realize that squirrels made nests like birds do. It feels stupid, even to me, but I thought they lived in tree hollows or something. Then I saw a bird building a nest.
Around here they use anything
By anon
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 3:57pm
Around here they use anything they can find to build them, including plastic bags. Looks like crap. You can see a bunch of them on the trees along the Minuteman bikeway.
Squirrel nests are called dreys.
By Lee
Tue, 12/24/2019 - 3:28pm
In winter, several will share one. Taking turns on the inside to warm up.
Everything on the internet
By Lee
Tue, 12/24/2019 - 3:27pm
... is true. Many times over.
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By ElizaLeila
Thu, 12/26/2019 - 11:58am
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Acton? Is the big oak tree
By anon
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 12:32pm
Acton? Is the big oak tree still on 2 after the prison?
So do chipmunks
By mg
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 12:32pm
When I lived out that direction I had trouble with chipmunks nesting under my car hood and wreaking havoc.
So do snakes.
By anon
Wed, 12/25/2019 - 10:55am
So do snakes.
Not the hero we deserve but
By Turtlegeuse
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 2:17pm
Not the hero we deserve but
1st-ever successful scheme from
By Turalura Lipschitz
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 2:58pm
Boris & Natasha.
Rats Off To You
By BlackKat
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 4:39pm
I actually had dozens, no exaggeration, of rats nesting in my engine compartment. They would all run out in single file when I started the car, making counting them easy. Thanks Allston!
No amount of traps or the like kept them out.
Finally found a solution [so far] in the form of an ultrasonic noise maker that goes under the hood. It seems to have driven them away, until they figure out how to chew through it's power wire anyhow.
Yikes!
By CopleyScott17
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 8:32pm
I wish you luck with the sonic solution. Has this problem become more widespread in the last few years, or am I just hearing about it more? We've had cold temperatures and warm engines and nasty little mammals forever...why so many invasions these days?
Are they that good
By anon
Mon, 12/23/2019 - 8:44pm
or are they just guessing it’s a squirrel nest. With a fire that big how can you tell it wasn’t a mouse, rat, duck or Wolverine?
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