{"id":1733,"date":"2021-10-09T13:23:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2021-10-09T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:23:24","slug":"squirrel-hid-175-pounds-of-nuts-in-chevy-avalanche-pickup-while-owner-was-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1733","title":{"rendered":"Squirrel hid 175 pounds of nuts in Chevy Avalanche pickup while owner was away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/931\/524\/nuts-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Inside the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Inside the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>General Motors Chief Executive Engineer for full-size trucks Jaclyn McQuaid enters The Fox Garage with Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu to talk about the redesigned 2022 Chevrolet Silverado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Someone really likes toasted walnuts.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/nuts-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A Fargo, N.D., man returning from a four-day trip discovered a large cargo in is Chevrolet pickup, but not in the bed.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Fischer revealed on Facebook that a squirrel had stashed 175 pounds of black walnuts under the hood of his Avalanche in the engine bay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could only laugh at the situation as it has occurred in the past,&#8221; Fischer told SWNS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year was a record.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/nuts-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>Fischer said the nuts come from a nearby tree that produces a biannual harvest and that he\u2019s previously spotted a red squirrel making trips toward his truck and has tried to use deterrents, which didn\u2019t work this time around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have in the past used a mixture of cayenne pepper and tabasco sauce in a spray mixture under the hood,&#8221; Fischer said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/nuts-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>The insurance salesman spent seven hours removing body parts to get to the nuts, which filled seven five-gallon buckets, but doesn\u2019t think he got to all of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of the nuts I am unable to retrieve. They are hidden inside the frame,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/avalanche.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Chevrolet)<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche itself is nearly as odd as the situation. The short-lived model features a bed with a &#8220;midgate&#8221; that allows it to be extended into the rear seat area for added carrying capacity.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/midgate.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Chevrolet)<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche could\u2019ve handled a much heavier haul if the squirrel had loaded up the cargo box instead of the engine bay, as it has a payload capacity of around 1,200 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe next winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Inside the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado General Motors Chief Executive Engineer for full-size trucks Jaclyn McQuaid enters The Fox Garage with Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu to talk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}