A squirrel hid thousands of walnuts under the hood of a man's truck. It wasn't the first time.

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Yellow-husked black walnuts crowded the insides of Bill Fischer’s truck. The foraged fare filled every vacant corner — packed tight behind the fenders, wedged between the engine parts, piled deep below the hood. The Fargo, N.D., resident had returned from a four-day work trip earlier this month and anticipated the discovery. His neighbor’s walnut tree had just harvested, after all, and a furry visitor probably hoarded the round treasures somewhere safe — Fischer’s truck.

Since 2013, Fischer, 56, has dealt with the strange phenomenon every two years — the tree’s maturation cycle — and, without fail, a red squirrel selects Fischer’s Chevrolet Avalanche as its hideaway. “I’ve got other vehicles that sit very close to that tree, and it’s always my truck,” Fischer said in an interview with The Washington Post. “I’ve even parked purposely out on the street — as far away as I can from the walnut tree — and they still go find the Avalanche and hide them in there.”

But this year was different, he said. The squirrel set a record: It filled Fischer’s truck with 42 gallons of black walnuts. He’s learned from experience that it’s best to wait until there are no more walnuts left beneath the tree before he does one full cleanup. “The squirrel will sit in the tree and watch me clean up the walnuts almost like: ‘That’s mine, buddy,’ as he’s watching me clean up his winter storage,” Fischer said.

He extracted five buckets’ worth from the hood alone. Enough walnuts to fill another two buckets were wedged behind the fenders. Fischer said he had to remove the fenders from the truck to extract the nuts. Like in years past, Fischer offered up the walnuts free on his Facebook page. The ones that aren’t taken will be thrown away, he said, “much to the chagrin of the squirrel.”

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[underpants]

1. 🐿

That is one determined squirrel

[MiHale]

2. Squirrels in our walnut tree...

Have territorial battles sometimes all day. They chatter and yell at each other while running around on the branches, tree looks like it’s possessed. My dog, my poor puppy sits under the tree waiting for them to come down. They don’t.

We get nuts almost every year.

[Cicada]

3. Acorns disabled communications antennae

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