Families in Buckley, North Wales, were afraid to leave their homes last week following a rampaging squirrel savagely attacked 18 local residents in a 48 hour period, in some cases even drawing blood.
The squirrel has been nicknamed ‘Stripe’ after an evil character from 1984 American comedy horror film Gremlins.
Sheree Davidson, 42, had her hand bitten by the bloodthirsty squirrel on Thursday morning.
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She told Leader Live: "This squirrel is not very nice at all, it's a nutty squirrel. He's a bit of a psycho, he's had five or six of my neighbours.
"He had me when collecting my recycling bags. He jumped out from behind my green bin, so whether he was trying to get food and thought I was going to take it away.
"Lets just say it had me good and proper, little s***. I've got teeth marks on the top and bottom of my finger.
"It proper latched on and I had to shake it off. He's taken the top layer off my knuckle. His teeth are like pins.
"If my finger doesn't stop bleeding tomorrow I've got to go for a tetanus."
A care home worker and her daughter who were exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve were also attacked by the squirrel - leaving them with blooded hands and a bruised arm.
Jane Harry, 55, first noticed the 'playful' squirrel when visiting her daughters home in Buckley, Flintshire, last Friday evening.
As she was leaving the squirrel launched his attack, biting her daughter Chloe, 29, in the neck and hands.
The RSPCA confirmed the squirrel had been put down because it was illegal to release it back into the wild.
A spokesperson for the charity said: "We were incredibly sad to have to put this squirrel to sleep but were left with no choice due to changes in legislation in 2019 making it illegal to release grey squirrels back into the wild.
"We do not agree with this law and opposed it, but legally we have to comply.
"There are numerous ways to humanely deter grey squirrels and we would urge people not to trap them as it is now illegal to release them into the wild and the only option is to put them to sleep."