Who’s causing disruptive behavior at Priest Lake? Hint: ‘North America’s monkeys’

What animal in the woods is disrupting the sleep of vacationers at the same time each morning? A bear? A deer? A moose? No!

Note even Bullwinkle could pull off what a small rodent in Priest Lake is accomplishing each morning.

Who would ever guess that a squirrel could wreak considerable havoc?

Apparently, a clever one has been messing with the sleep of some folks at Priest Lake.

Consider the plight of Sandy Marsh Dickson.

“This may seem insignificant to many, but we have a squirrel that bombs our tin roof and deck at 5:30 a.m. almost every morning!

“Besides getting a gun and shooting the squirrel, what suggestions have you tried to discourage this annoying behavior? The squirrel is being evicted from his condo behind our cabin (tearing it down). But I’m sure he has other places he stores his food. Any good suggestions?”

Any ideas for Ms. Dickson?

Also, how shocking is it that squirrels are so clever? According to Steve Sullivan, curator of urban ecology for the Chicago Academy of Sciences, the acrobatic animals are held in high esteem.

“Sometimes, I think that squirrels are North America’s version of monkeys,” Sullivan said to Atlas Obscura.