No Explanation for Pennsylvania's Purple Squirrel

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A Pennsylvania couple trapped, of all things, a purple squirrel on Sunday. Percy and Connie Emert, of Jersey Shore, Pa. caught the unusual animal when trying to keep birds safe from the rodents.

"We have bird feeders out in our yard, and the squirrels are constantly into them," said Jersey Shore resident Connie Emert. "My husband traps them and then sets them free elsewhere so they don't get into your bird feeders."

Emert said she had spotted a purple squirrel on her property but no one believed her.

"I kept telling my husband I saw a purple one out in the yard. 'Oh sure you did' he kept telling me," said Emert. "Well, he checked the trap around noon on Sunday and sure enough, there it was."

"The squirrel's been eating peanuts. That's what we used in the trap," she continued.

The Emerts do not know why the squirrel is purple.

"We have no idea whatsoever. It's really purple. People think we dyed it, but honestly, we just found it and it was purple."

"We put him in an extra big cage so he has room to run around, and we'll release him soon. In the meantime, all the neighbors have been by to see him. No one can believe we have a purple squirrel!"

The Emerts released the squirrel back into the wild on Tuesday.

Some AccuWeather.com employees have their own theories. Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity said, "The squirrel could have been looking for somewhere warm and fallen into a port-a-potty or something similar."

AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski has a different idea. "Squirrels get into all kinds of stuff. He could have gotten into some purple ink or purple paint at some point."

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[Hum]

^ Or it could be an Alien experiment !

[+Xinok Subscriber²]

^ Or it could be an Alien experiment !

[FMH]

It could have eaten a lot of grapes, or eaten some chemical which caused this reaction.

[pack34]

A couple really bored teenagers?

[ArialBlue]

Photoshop

[tiagosilva29]

This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.

[Original Poster]

meh it just looks like it fell in something can see the grey still sooo yeee

[Boxster17]

Wonka at it again, first Violet and now this!

[Hum]

Bleed thru from another dimension, where all squirrels are purple.