Flying Squirrel!

Okay, this is a random post, but we had all just gotten back from a bike ride when we heard some crazy noises from our rain gutters (our unit is 2 stories).  We looked up and saw a squirrel going wild running around inside the rain gutter (only his big fluffy tail was showing) when he suddenly made an unexpected departure.  He started falling, spread eagle (or flying squirrel style?) until he hit the ground right in front of us.  He landed on his feet, but I'm not sure who was more stunned, him or us. 

I grabbed Isaac because the squirrel was obviously stunned after his 2-story plung to the pavement and he just stood there for a while and had no idea where he was going.  Our storage closet was open outside so I guess he figured that was the safest and most comfortable place for him to die (or that is what I feared) so he ran in there.  I kept checking every 15 to 20 minutes to see if he had left the closet (he was curled up in a ball on the bottom shelf), but he wouldn't budge.  I tried poking a prodding him multiple times, but he refused to move.  After several separate attempts he finally moved, but he ran to the farthest most inaccessible corner of the closet instead of outside like I planned.  I could just imaging finding the dead rodent when we started packing up in a few months (or even worse, smelling it first).  After a few hours Lance was able to get him out.  Just as he was finished putting back all of the things he had to take out to get the squirrel out, the squirrel ran back in again!  It was only a few more minutes before Lance finally got it out for good.  I'm glad he won't be dying in our closet;  it was certainly a very unfortunate identity crisis for a regular squirrel to think he could fly!