Squirrel Trouble
Squirrel Trouble
松鼠问题
Claim: Frozen squirrels have been used for criminal purposes.
冷冻的松鼠被用于犯罪
Status: True.
真实
Origins: While even a cursory study of criminal behavior will uncover instances of animals having been employed as weapons (e.g., snakes used in holdups), in a couple of unusual cases not only have squirrels been wielded by the ill-intentioned, but the critters were frozen ones at that.
起源：尽管一个粗略的犯罪行为研究发现动物被用做武器（比如在抢劫中使用蛇），在一些不常见的案例中，不仅用到了松鼠，而且用到了冷冻的松鼠。
In 1994 in Lorain, Ohio, frozen squirrels were listed among the tools of trade used by two men and a teenager in their attempts to steal tire rims from a parked car. The trio would fling said frosted rodents at barking dogs to distract the canines from raising the alarm as they worked.
1994年，Lorian，俄亥俄州，冷冻的松鼠作为工具列入2个成年人和一个少年的购物单，在他们试图从一辆车上偷走轮胎外框时。这个“三人组合”说 在他们“工作”时，冻僵的啮齿动物是用来吸引犬科动物注意力的。
In 1991, frozen squirrels were used to bludgeon a woman in Sacramento, California. Kao Khae Saephan, an immigrant from Laos, repeatedly struck his wife with six frozen squirrels he retrieved from the family freezer, rendering the poor woman unconscious. (As to why the couple had these rodents in their freezer, it’s because squirrel meat is a component of some Laotian dishes.) The irate husband was jailed on suspicion of spousal abuse, and Mrs. Saephan filed for divorce.
1991年，在加州，冷冻的松鼠被用棒击一个妇女。K.K.S, 老挝移民，重复的用6个冷冻的松鼠击打他的妻子，直到这个可怜的女人不省人事。松鼠是从他们家的冰柜里拿出来的。（至于为什么这对夫妇会在家用冰柜里放这么多松鼠呢？ 是因为松鼠肉是一些老挝人盘子的组成部分。）这位发怒的丈夫被以家庭暴力的嫌疑关押，而他的妻子也提出了离婚。
Iced squirrels, by the way, are a menace even when not being used in criminal endeavors. In 2005, British insurance company Norwich Union paid off on an claim for damage done to a vehicle by a frozen squirrel that had fallen from a tree ?the iced rodent crashed through the windshield and landed on the passenger seat.
顺便说，冻僵的松鼠即使不被用于犯罪，也是一种危险物。2005年，英国的保险公司 N.U. 赔偿了一份由于冻僵了的松鼠从树上掉下来造成的车辆损失，冻僵的松鼠从树上掉下来，砸穿了挡风玻璃，落在了座位上。
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Urban Legends Reference Pages ?1995-2007
by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson
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Sources:
Associated Press. “Frozen Squirrels Part of Thieves’ Tools.”
Columbus Dispatch. 16 February 1994.
Associated Press. “Man Suspected of Hitting Wife with Frozen
Squirrel.”
16 December 1991.
Birmingham Post. “A Frozen Squirrel Smashed My Car.”
7 February 2006 (p. 7).
