A squirrel waltzed into an open classroom at Evergreen Elementary School and scurried up a woman's leg in an attack that ended with an 11-year-old girl and two moms in the hospital.
The three are expected to recover from bites to their hands, fingers and arms, California's Evergreen Elementary School District spokesman Will Ector said.
The door to a portable classroom was open to warm weather as the school day started, Principal Kathy Shepard said. Inside the room, first-graders were excitedly awaiting a field trip to see the musical mystery "Cam Jansen" at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
Sometime around 8:43 a.m., witnesses called San Jose police to report that a squirrel had bitten three people, Sgt. Nick Muyo said.
The squirrel, Ector said, walked into the portable classroom, which is located in a wooded section at the back of the school's property. Skittering across the room, the squirrel ran up the pant leg of a parent-chaperon for the field trip.
The woman struggled with the squirrel, Ector said, but it had sunk its claws into her leg. Another parent-chaperon jumped in to help the woman dislodge the squirrel.
The animal bit the first woman on her leg. It bit the second mom on the finger and arm, Ector said. Then, it hustled out of the classroom.
But before it ran back into the wild, it attacked an 11-year-old student passing by.
"He jumped up on her," Ector said. "She had to fight him off."
The girl suffered bite wounds on her arm and finger, Muyo said.
The three were taken to the nurse's office and later sent to the hospital.
A ransom note has not been found but authorities believe the squirrel wanted bird seed.
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The three are expected to recover from bites to their hands, fingers and arms, California's Evergreen Elementary School District spokesman Will Ector said.
The door to a portable classroom was open to warm weather as the school day started, Principal Kathy Shepard said. Inside the room, first-graders were excitedly awaiting a field trip to see the musical mystery "Cam Jansen" at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
Sometime around 8:43 a.m., witnesses called San Jose police to report that a squirrel had bitten three people, Sgt. Nick Muyo said.
The squirrel, Ector said, walked into the portable classroom, which is located in a wooded section at the back of the school's property. Skittering across the room, the squirrel ran up the pant leg of a parent-chaperon for the field trip.
The woman struggled with the squirrel, Ector said, but it had sunk its claws into her leg. Another parent-chaperon jumped in to help the woman dislodge the squirrel.
The animal bit the first woman on her leg. It bit the second mom on the finger and arm, Ector said. Then, it hustled out of the classroom.
But before it ran back into the wild, it attacked an 11-year-old student passing by.
"He jumped up on her," Ector said. "She had to fight him off."
The girl suffered bite wounds on her arm and finger, Muyo said.
The three were taken to the nurse's office and later sent to the hospital.
A ransom note has not been found but authorities believe the squirrel wanted bird seed.
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