What is it about campuses that causes squirrels to act so strangely?

After attending boarding school, visiting other boarding schools,visiting colleges, and now attending college, I think I have enough experience to say that campus squirrels are a rare variety of their own. These squirrels fear nothing. They’ll come right up to you like they’re dogs.

BUT THEY’RE NOT DOGS.

They’re gross. They’re creepy.

I’ll be walking through campus, minding my own business, when a squirrel will scamper across my path, getting within a foot of me. It’d be one thing if this creature were cute–then this action would be endearing–but its beady little eyes tell otherwise. read more