West London Squirrel Seeks Help by Knocking on Window while being Stalked by Fox
This is the hilarious moment a squirrel appeared to knock on a window to ask for help when it was stalked by a fox.
Mark Gardner, of North Kensington, West London, caught the unusual pose on camera in his garden and it went viral when he shared it online.
The 48-year-old captioned the image ‘if you could let me in… that’d be great’ and it was shared 21,000 times as well as receiving 3,000 likes.
Mr Gardner said: ‘I’m forever taking photos out of my window of the animals and the fox has been coming in the garden for years.
‘The squirrel has been coming around a lot recently too and he knows he will get food that I leave out for them. I call him Corby.
Amusing: This picture appears to capture the moment a squirrel had to knock on a window to ask for help when it was stalked by a fox
Help: Mark Gardner caught the unusual pose on camera in his garden in North Kensington, West London, and shared it online
Watching: Mr Gardner said he was often taking photos out of his window of animals and the fox has been coming in the garden for years
Standing tall: The squirrel has often been seen in the garden recently and ‘knows he will get food that I leave out’, the photographer said
‘In this photo he was actually coming to tap on the window for nuts as he is very cheeky.
‘But as the fox who we call Forest was skulking around on the lawn watching him intently it looked just like he was asking for help from us at the window.
‘It was someone else who gave it the caption “if you could let me in… that’d be great” but I absolutely loved that.
“I love seeing other people’s takes on my pictures. After it went viral this picture has given me a massive opportunity to see what people think of it.
‘I was amazed by the response. Everyone found it so funny, especially the expression on his face and that both animals are looking at the camera.
Popular: Mr Gardner captioned his original image with the phrase ‘if you could let me in… that’d be great’ and it was shared 21,000 times
Requiring food: In the photos taken by Mr Garden the squirrel was ‘actually coming to tap on the window for nuts as he is very cheeky’
Stand off: The fox called Forest was ‘skulking around on the lawn watching him intently it looked just like he was asking for help from us’
Popular: Mr Gardner said that after his original image went viral, it gave him ‘a massive opportunity to see what people think of it’
‘The picture really makes me smile every time I look at it, but I was very lucky to capture them in that pose.
‘But I knew as soon as I got it that it was a really good one. Sometimes you just know. It’s just that something special.
‘Sometimes you see something that is quite appealing in one of your pictures and think you’ll share it to see what others think.
‘But I didn’t realise just how popular it would be.’
Mr Gardner is often wheelchair-bound due to a disability called avascular necrosis that leads to the death of bone tissue, leaving him struggling to walk.
London life: Mr Gardner said he finds wildlife ‘amazing’ in his back garden because ‘they are just trying to survive in an urban jungle’
Appearances: The garden has proved a haven for wildlife and three foxes including Forest have been returning there for a number of years
Observations: Mr Gardner said animals ‘do what they need to do to survive and they slow things down’
With his dog: Mr Gardner is often wheelchair-bound due to his avascular necrosis disability that leads to the death of bone tissue
But he has found that his garden has proved a haven for wildlife and three foxes including Forest have been returning there for a number of years.
Mr Gardner said: ‘Taking pictures of the animals in my garden is a real passion for me. It is all I talk about.
‘We live in a fast world where everything is so quick and intense and everyone needs something quick.
‘But animals do what they need to do to survive and they slow things down. I find wildlife amazing as they are just trying to survive in an urban jungle.’
