In a completely non-churchy, frivolous post, I had to share this with you. My head is reeling with the story, and I'm amused that a piece of "creative" fiction I wrote doesn't seem as far-fetched as I once thought.

First, the news item, via the BBC.

Last Thursday, a pack of hungry, killer squirrels (yes, that's right — squirrels) descended from from on high to terminate with extreme prejudice a stray dog. The stray was, admittedly, annoying the hungry squirrels: loitering around their tree, barking at them with short-lived temerity. When the black squirrels finally had enough, they swarmed down the tree like ninja rodents, attacked the dog and literally eviscerated him.

When some human-folk came to investigate, they scampered off ... some of them still clamping dog-meat in their jowls. Read about it here: