New intelligence on the squirrel situation just in, and my conspiracy hypothesis actually turns out to be correct! Apparently the government is engaging in squirrel eugenics.
It seems that the county has set poison distribution centers below the bluff because of concerns that the extensive squirrel tunnels were contributing to the destabilization of the hillside.
The photo above, taken yesterday shows a poison distribution center placed on the hillside between the bluff top and the fire road halfway down the bluff.
The photo below, taken in May, shows some of the tunnels that the squirrels made in the hillside.
Below is a photo of a squirrel enjoying the ocean view from the bluff on a lazy afternoon back in May, before he was targeted for extinction.
I can only hope that he or she enjoyed that day to its fullest.
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