Nutty Chipmunks and Their Walnuts

Hope Wideup’s car was used by rodents as a storage shed for walnuts.  When she opened the hood because there were mechanical problems, thousands of nuts rolled out.  It reminded me of this Dick Van Dyke episode.

From the AP here:

Hope Wideup’s car’s turn signal and windshield wipers wouldn’t work. The car’s engine compartment were full of walnuts. “There were thousands in there. They were everywhere,” she said, speculating a chipmunk found its way into her car, which had been sitting idle for several weeks, and used the engine compartment as a storage depot for a trove of black walnuts.

“Apparently this little guy stuffed a bunch of these nuts in the accelerator throttle,” said Wideup, who had to spend $242 for towing and repairs.

“It’s funny, but it’s not,” she said.

Sounds like Chip and Dale.