Wildlife ecologist Jaclyn Aliperti would agree. When asked by Insider if there could be various culprits at play, Fischer said he firmly believes "this is one squirrel," adding that red squirrels are known for being territorial. It usually works to some degree, according to Fischer, but this year, it didn't. ![]() In the lead up to walnut season, Fischer told Insider he sprays a spicy concoction that he makes with cayenne pepper and Tabasco sauce under the hood of the truck. "I've even parked purposely out on the street - as far away as I can from the walnut tree - and they still go find the Avalanche and hide them in there." "I've got other vehicles that sit very close to that tree, and it's always my truck," he told The Washington Post. ![]() Speaking to The Washington Post, Fischer said the squirrel has ignored his other vehicles. After sharing photos of this year's batch in a Facebook post Sunday, Fischer said someone picked up the last of the walnuts on Friday morning. Fischer said this year's walnut collection is the most the squirrel has ever stuffed into the hood of his Chevrolet Avalanche.įischer told Insider that every walnut season, once the tree is bare, he empties the hood of his truck and gives the walnuts away. The traveling insurance salesman, 56, told Insider that on returning from a four-day trip in early September he opened the hood of his truck to find 42 gallons of walnuts stashed inside.įischer says he knows the culprit well, and that, since 2013, the red squirrel has been hiding walnuts in his truck every two years when his neighbor's tree produces the nuts. It seems a red squirrel has been causing some trouble for Bill Fischer of Fargo, North Dakota. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. To a squirrel, a truck's hood is the perfect storage spot for nuts, ecologist Jaclyn Aliperti says. ![]() Bill Fischer says he came home to find 42 gallons of walnuts crammed inside his truck's hood.Ī red squirrel is the culprit, according to Fischer, who says it returns every walnut season.
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