{"id":122709,"date":"2023-12-09T20:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=122709"},"modified":"2023-12-09T20:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:29:05","slug":"greedy-squirrels-blighted-estate-with-half-eaten-chocolate-in-wafergate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/greedy-squirrels-blighted-estate-with-half-eaten-chocolate-in-wafergate\/","title":{"rendered":"Greedy squirrels blighted estate with half-eaten chocolate in ‘wafergate’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Litter louts who blighted a housing estate with half-eaten chocolate for months turned out to be greedy squirrels.<\/p>\n

Locals became gripped by the \u2018whodunnit\u2019 after Blue Riband bars kept appearing.<\/p>\n

The saga \u2013 dubbed \u2018Wafergate\u2019 \u2013 was discussed daily on the estate WhatsApp group, with theories and accusations spreading through the community.<\/p>\n

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The mystery was finally solved after a local who works in a nearby caravan storage facility spotted dozens of Blue Ribands inside a skip.<\/p>\n

Another resident then spotted squirrels running up a tree with wrappers \u2013 and put two and two together.<\/p>\n

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Local Fiona Downes, 33, a full-time mum, said: \u201cI first noticed all these wrappers back in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live on a private estate on an ex-RAF base \u2013 it\u2019s a very close-knit community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was walking my children and suddenly noticed there\u2019s loads of Blue Riband wrappers everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI posted a picture on our WhatsApp group, asking people to please pick up their wrappers if they\u2019ve been eating chocolate bars.\u201d<\/p>\n

But no one fessed up and, over the following months, more wrappers and half-eaten chocolate bars continued to appear.<\/p>\n

Fiona said: \u201cIt became a big topic among residents. Everyone was desperate to uncover the culprit. It was a big mystery.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople were getting annoyed, thinking someone was just littering. While others thought maybe it\u2019s the bin men. Suspicions were growing.\u201d<\/p>\n

All became clear when a resident spotted the skip on a site just behind the estate \u2013 with a box of Blue Ribands inside.<\/p>\n

Another resident, Natalie Clarke, managed to snap pictures of squirrels scurrying up a tree, chocolate in mouth.<\/p>\n

Fiona said: \u201cSquirrels had clearly been in there and stolen them all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know where their stash is but there was definitely some kind of box of the chocolate bars in the skip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt only took three months to work out!\u201d<\/p>\n

Full-time mum Natalie, 42, said: \u201cWe spent months finding these wrappers, we all got a bit obsessed and were trying to hunt people down.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were trying to work out who buys wafers from Aldi before we realised that squirrels were doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw them I was like \u2018oh my God I\u2019ve finally found proof\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sheer volume of the bars honestly, they must be going through 100 of them a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fiona said: \u201cOnce somebody had posted the pictures of squirrels it took the excitement away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen it seemed to calm down and we thought they might have finished their supply but in the past few days lots of the wrappers have been appearing again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not sure why the chocolate was left on our property. Maybe it was an out-of-date box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fiona added that the whole saga for those in Dudley Crescent in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire has been \u201ca good bit of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIt\u2019s become a huge joke with everyone and we\u2019ve all had a good laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to know how a squirrel opens a chocolate bar. They probably won\u2019t be able to walk now due to putting on so much weight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Litter louts who blighted a housing estate with half-eaten chocolate for months turned out to be greedy squirrels. Locals became gripped by the \u2018whodunnit\u2019 after Blue Riband bars kept appearing. The saga \u2013 dubbed \u2018Wafergate\u2019 \u2013 was discussed daily on the estate WhatsApp group, with theories and accusations spreading through the community. 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