ESTHERVILLE, IA. (AP) — A squirrel roaming a community college in northern Iowa has become the No. 1 suspect in vandalism to a bicycle.
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Officials at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville said that the rodent chewed through two tires, a bicycle seat, a headlight and a taillight in the span of two days this week.
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Bicycle owner Matt Strom, an associate math professor, reported the incidents to police.
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Another professor later came forward with a photo that shows the squirrel attacking.
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According to the Sioux City Journal, Strom described the culprit in an email to colleagues as “the meanest squirrel you have ever seen.”
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A school spokeswoman said the photo solved the mystery of how the bicycle was vandalized without witnesses seeing a suspect in a busy area.
Strom has started parking his bike indoors.
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