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A woman who noticed an odd whiff coming from her car got the shock of her life when she lifted up the bonnet to discover more than 200 nuts hiding inside.<\/p>\n
Holly Persic, from Pittsburgh in the US, knew something was amiss when she parked outside a library and the waft of burning began to fill the air.<\/p>\n
She could also hear a strange sound coming from underneath the bonnet.<\/p>\n
But nothing could prepare her for the sight of the hundreds of walnuts and clumps of grass.<\/p>\n
A family of squirrels had seemingly decided to stock them there for safekeeping ahead of winter.<\/p>\n
Holly\u2019s husband Chris explained: \u201cMy wife called me from Northland Library and said that her car smelt like it was burning, and was making a weird sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her to pop the hood, and this is the picture that she sent me!\u201d<\/p>\n
It took almost an hour for the pair to get the nuts out before they could take it to a garage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were everywhere, under the battery, near the radiator fan,\u201d Chris added to CNN.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe walnuts on the engine block were black and smelt like they were definitely roasting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe squirrels worked pretty fast!\u201d Chris joked.<\/p>\n
Thankfully mechanics were able to remove any remaining nuts and there was no damage done.<\/p>\n
Chris also discovered the cheeky critters may have been to blame for fault on his vehicle too.<\/p>\n
He added on Facebook : \u201cMy truck may have had a squirrel chew through\/pull out a fuel injector hose, and Holly\u2019s looked like they were storing up for the next three winters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas absolutely nuts \u2026 no pun intended.<\/p>\n
\u201cLong story short, if you park outside, do yourself a favour and check under the hood every once in awhile.\u201d<\/p>\n
The last time Holly had looked under the bonnet had been a month earlier, and the walnuts in their garden had only begun to fall a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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