I was thinking about Poe and the word "spooky" came to mind, too! Great minds think alike!
The fattest squirrels I've ever seen are on the UPenn campus in Philadelphia. It took me months to get used to them jumping out of the trash cans on the way to class. They had no fear of people. One climbed on a bench and tried to get at my dorm mate's doughnut! Their little bellies would drag the ground. Even my dad, who has seen and hunted many a squirrel, was amazed at how fat they were.
I'm sending Dad on a mission to HD or Lowe's to get potting soil and some hardware to secure my landscaping timbers. If I mention Super Lube, I'm going to have to prepare myself for some terrible jokes.
