Sozzled squirrel goes nuts in club bar

A private members club in Worcestershire saw its bar completely trashed by what they thought was burglars — but actually turned out to be a drunk squirrel.

The sozzled rodent had gone nuts after downing one or two alcoholic beverages and destroyed everything in its path.

Honeybourne Railway Club secretary Sam Boulter opened up his bar to find the squirrel had flooded the place with ale, knocked glasses and bottles from the shelves as well as straws, beer mats, and money off the bar.

The sheepish critter emerged from behind a box of crisps, staggering around after it had also emptied a barrel of beer on the floor.

Sam and two customers then spent an hour trying to capture the squirrel as he gave them the runaround.

Sam said: “When I opened the door it was absolutely ransacked. At first I thought we’d been burgled but I realised it was all still locked up and that’s when we saw the squirrel. I’d never seen anything like it before — he had ran around the shelves and across the bar.

“There were bottles scattered around, money scattered around, and he had obviously run across the bar’s pumps and managed to turn on the Caffrey’s tap.

“He must have flung himself on the handle and he must have drank some as he was staggering around all over the place and moving a bit slowly.”