'Drunk' squirrel causes chaos at private members club

A drunk squirrel has caused hundreds of pounds of damage at a private members club in Worcestershire.

The sozzled squirrel was spotted by the secretary of the Honeybourne Railway Club "staggering around" after coming out from behind a box of crisps.

Sam Boulter said he originally thought somebody had broken into the premises.

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Speaking to ITV News, he 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."

According to the BBC, he added: "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 drank some as he was staggering around all over the place and moving a bit slowly.

"I've never seen a drunk squirrel before. He was sozzled and looked a bit worse for wear, shall we say."

The Independent reports that it took Mr Boulter and two customers an hour to catch the squirrel and take it outside.

He added that he estimated the damage to be around £300, and called the incident a "once in a lifetime thing".

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