Feedback: Giant glowing squirrels haunt North Carolina backwoods

Creepy critters

SHOULD a visitor to North Carolina’s backwoods report the existence of giant, glowing pink squirrels, you might be forgiven for thinking they had been on the moonshine. But it is no joke. If you go down to the woods tonight, equipped with a UV light, you are quite likely to get a big surprise.

The eastern part of the state is famous for its fox squirrels, which can stand 65 centimetres tall. As if that weren’t disconcerting enough, state biologists report that many have a genetic condition that makes their fur glow a spectral pink under UV light.…