This isn't the first time we've seen evidence that cars and rodents don't mix. He's giving the paw-picked bunch away on Facebook black walnuts are edible raw or cooked. At least it sounds like the squirrel was so busy hoarding food that he forgot to chew up the wiring.įischer pulled out about 42 gallons (or about 150 pounds) of walnuts, a number that's even more impressive when you consider the squirrel likely brought them in one at a time. "I still have some rolling around the frame, rail wells as well, that I can't get at," he told the Fargo-based Grand Forks Herald. Regardless, Fischer ended up having to dismantle most of the truck's front end (including the fenders, the grille, and the bumper) to take the walnuts out, but some were stashed in places only a squirrel could reach. We're guessing the cavernous engine bay was better suited to becoming a pantry than, say, one sized for a Subaru flat-four.
Squirrels aren't very talkative, so we don't know why it chose the Avalanche over any of the other cars in the tree's vicinity. He quickly realized that a red squirrel had spent several days carrying them from a tree in his yard to the truck-turned-buffet, where it hoped to live and feast during the winter months. They were all over the engine bay, including behind the radiator and around the battery, and dozens were hidden in and under the body panels.
What no one at Chevrolet bothered to figure out is how many gallons of walnuts can be stored behind the truck's body panels, but a North Dakota man found the answer thanks to a red squirrel hoarding food for the winter.īilly Fischer was stunned to find his second-generation Avalanche brimming with black walnuts. Squirrel stashes 42 gallons of walnuts in a Chevrolet Avalanche The squirrel went nutsīuilt from 2001 to 2013, the Chevrolet Avalanche was a segment-bending cross between a pickup and an SUV that could carry a wide variety of items thanks to its clever Midgate system.
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