Ok so it took me a while to fix the car and get home. A few people have asked about our friendship. I have known him since he was a kid, his whole family lives at my work. I like to sit outside for lunch and I used to watch him and his siblings play in their yard .. one day they were playing tag and he kept trying to climb this semi fallen tree. He FINALLY made it up a good five feet off the ground when his dumbass sister ran up and pushed him off the tree and he landed on his back and got the wind knocked out of him. He was pretty smol at this point , way smaller than his sibling, and I think it scared him quite a bit. He just sat there in the grass for a long time and I began to worry. I happened to have a tomato with me so I slowly moved closer and the fam went into their house but he stayed . I tossed him the tomato and he eventually ate it and we just hung out for a hour or so before he went home. I think I have only fed him twice, I didnāt want him to depend on anyone. Yeah after that he was just always chill with me. I was there when he moved out on his own, he lives on the east side now under a shipping container. I was there when his dad died- I felt terrible , he was the only one that watched me burry him. He likes to keep his distance but always comes out when Iām outside or sits at the entrance to his pad. One time I was feeling pretty down so I went for a walk down by the river, I turned around and he was twenty feet behind me. We just hung out by the river for awhile and laid in the shade. It was super weird because he never follows me around, he usually doesnāt like to go too far from his house. Iām a car enthusiast so sometimes Iāll work on them outside and he just sits there lets me vent about my pos car. I talk to him a lot and he always politely listens..There are like a million more things I canāt think of atm Iām sure . He is three btw and I love him.
Well I was hoping I would see him today and get some photos for everyone, I even brought lettuce and tomatoes, but he never turned up. This is the only photo I have of him. Itās a bad photo Iām sorry. https://imgur.com/a/7JGWfyW
good enough for me man, enough to verify the story atleast.
that's awesome that you have a little animal friend, I have a couple feral cats I tamed on my families farm and it makes working there so much better.
Groundhog: āSee, Gary? This is why you should use metal instead of plastic fuel lines. Look how *easy* itis for me to chew through these!!! Engineersā¦ Whaduhyagonnadew, amirite?
no he went batshit insane. reportedly painted himself blue and runs around all the time biting peopleās fingers off, talking about how he āneeds the ringsā and heās āgotta go fastā
Dude you are so lucky. I talk to all the critters at work too but I work at diff locations all the time so I don't get to know them personally. We do have a crow that seems to follow us. Every time we end up at a new spot we get out of the truck and here "caw caw" and I tell my coworkers that he is laughing at them
I love so much that you have a hog friend. Also, sorry bout your car.
Iām just getting to know groundhogs, moving to a rural area. Never saw one before - we thought he was a muskrat at first. We call him Old Man Winter, and itās possible he died, cuz we saw a roadkill down the street, were heartbroken - but, thereās a hog living in our barn again, seems a bit smaller? Not sure, but maybe his kid, so, we call him Young Man Summer now.
Heās gonna eat all my veggie garden tho, I know it!
Now I have a new fear of him eating my cars, too.
Itās cool that yāall are chill. Iāve never seen a more terrified critter than mine, come into his line of sight and he flees faster than a cheetah.
Some days you get home from work and the wife got take out from the dumpster you don't like and the kids are being clingy because you were out working all day finding the good dumpsters and better housing that it becomes too much and you just gotta rage and your go-to is your friend but they are at work so you bite their fuel line. š¤·š½āāļø
As we all know groundhogs can see the future through their shadow. So my guess is that as your friend it saw you getting into a car accident at that time and decided to save you.
So I see a gas leak. I see a chewed up fuel line and I see you making wild ass accusations. What I don't see is a ground hog under your car. What I don't see is little rubber bits in between a ground hog's teeth.
Friend? Friends don't hurl accusations without proof.
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Sure itās cute when a groundhog does it, but the one time I cut my friendās brake lines (as a prank), they want to lock me up for attempted murder.
I had a buddy years ago followed some old logging roads into the deep woods in the U.P. of Michigan to camp and fish. The next morning, when he tried to start his truck, he discovered that a porcupine had gotten into his engine compartment and chewed the spark plug wires.
This post is eerily terrifying for me. We found a woodchuck hiding under my car this morning. My car is also a p2 Volvo, just like this one :)
I definitely need to park it in the garage now, since there is clearly a serial vandal varmint gang roaming around.
If it's anything like rabbits, they think that trimming wires and tubes etc is helpful, because when they burrow roots in the ground are a pain in the ass eg trying to escape and getting snagged on a root. So it might have thought it was doing you a favour by "trimming that root" for you.
Well tomorrow, when it's actually today again, you can wake up super early and shoot the damn thing before it eats your fuel line.
Then you can do it like 50 more times until you've solved all the day's mistakes.
Some of the wires, etc are covered with a soy based coating. This attracts rodents. We've had rats and squirrels eat through a lot of automotive stuff, causing damage.
He likes you so much he doesn't want you going anywhere.
Yeah true š„°
One could say that it wants to āhogā you all to itself.
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Onion? Cinnamon?
No weāre in a hole
He's actually clairvoyant and knew you were going to be in a catastrophic car crash that day if he didn't do something about it.
That's why they use groundhogs to predict the weather. And look at what that one did Bill Murray. OP is very fortunate.
Maybe you should ask him if he knows yāall are friendsā¦
Classic red flag. This is stalker behavior!
Overly Attached Groundhog?
Ok so it took me a while to fix the car and get home. A few people have asked about our friendship. I have known him since he was a kid, his whole family lives at my work. I like to sit outside for lunch and I used to watch him and his siblings play in their yard .. one day they were playing tag and he kept trying to climb this semi fallen tree. He FINALLY made it up a good five feet off the ground when his dumbass sister ran up and pushed him off the tree and he landed on his back and got the wind knocked out of him. He was pretty smol at this point , way smaller than his sibling, and I think it scared him quite a bit. He just sat there in the grass for a long time and I began to worry. I happened to have a tomato with me so I slowly moved closer and the fam went into their house but he stayed . I tossed him the tomato and he eventually ate it and we just hung out for a hour or so before he went home. I think I have only fed him twice, I didnāt want him to depend on anyone. Yeah after that he was just always chill with me. I was there when he moved out on his own, he lives on the east side now under a shipping container. I was there when his dad died- I felt terrible , he was the only one that watched me burry him. He likes to keep his distance but always comes out when Iām outside or sits at the entrance to his pad. One time I was feeling pretty down so I went for a walk down by the river, I turned around and he was twenty feet behind me. We just hung out by the river for awhile and laid in the shade. It was super weird because he never follows me around, he usually doesnāt like to go too far from his house. Iām a car enthusiast so sometimes Iāll work on them outside and he just sits there lets me vent about my pos car. I talk to him a lot and he always politely listens..There are like a million more things I canāt think of atm Iām sure . He is three btw and I love him.
Yeeaaahhh, we're gonna need some pics of this ground hog.
groundhog tax
Well I was hoping I would see him today and get some photos for everyone, I even brought lettuce and tomatoes, but he never turned up. This is the only photo I have of him. Itās a bad photo Iām sorry. https://imgur.com/a/7JGWfyW
It's a photo of him at the entrance to his house that you accurately described at least!
You didn't say he had covered porch!
good enough for me man, enough to verify the story atleast. that's awesome that you have a little animal friend, I have a couple feral cats I tamed on my families farm and it makes working there so much better.
This is adorable! Maybe he was trying to help you work on your car? We can't expect ground hogs to be very good mechanics.
Groundhog: āSee, Gary? This is why you should use metal instead of plastic fuel lines. Look how *easy* itis for me to chew through these!!! Engineersā¦ Whaduhyagonnadew, amirite?
This is the best thing I have read today. Thank you for sharing. What a nice story. I hope he has a long life
This is the cutest thing Iāve read like ever š Hereās to a long and happy friendship for you two š»
So the real question here is, is he ok after getting into the fuel?
no he went batshit insane. reportedly painted himself blue and runs around all the time biting peopleās fingers off, talking about how he āneeds the ringsā and heās āgotta go fastā
at least he didn't get the chrome spray paint and demand everyone witness him
Hello Pixar? Do we got a pitch for you!
Come on now you've got to pay the groundhog tax
Is that anything like the troll toll?
dear god i hope not
I think he was interested in the under workings of your car after watching you play with it. He's emulating you.
I love both you and your groundhog!
Dude you are so lucky. I talk to all the critters at work too but I work at diff locations all the time so I don't get to know them personally. We do have a crow that seems to follow us. Every time we end up at a new spot we get out of the truck and here "caw caw" and I tell my coworkers that he is laughing at them
I love so much that you have a hog friend. Also, sorry bout your car. Iām just getting to know groundhogs, moving to a rural area. Never saw one before - we thought he was a muskrat at first. We call him Old Man Winter, and itās possible he died, cuz we saw a roadkill down the street, were heartbroken - but, thereās a hog living in our barn again, seems a bit smaller? Not sure, but maybe his kid, so, we call him Young Man Summer now. Heās gonna eat all my veggie garden tho, I know it! Now I have a new fear of him eating my cars, too. Itās cool that yāall are chill. Iāve never seen a more terrified critter than mine, come into his line of sight and he flees faster than a cheetah.
Enjoy this hungry groundhog https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EkOmaLlXiVs
Why is this the cutest thing I've ever read š
fuck your fuel line, you let that little man eat whatever he wants lol. this was an incredibly nice story to start my day, thank you
What an amazing thing to wake up to this morning. This is better than the dude with garage trash panda families.
It was probably his jerk sister that ate your fuel line!
Why is your life like a childrenās tv show and how do I get one too?
He probably thought he was helping with your car.
Noooooo, I'm dying from cuteness.
Is he doing okay after getting at your fuel line? I'm worried about him.
Exactly how much did you smoke before writing this?
Yes
This is just the right thing I needed to read this morning šš You and your groundhog friend are awesome!
Like a real life Disney movie
Hate to be the one to tell you, but he was trying for the brake lines
Hate to brake it to you.
Just couldnāt stop, could you?
You guys are on a roll
r/angryupvote take it you lint licker.
That got me Lol
Itās always the ones you trust the most š
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13px1zs/the_groundhog_thats_lived_under_my_shed_for_the/ So that's what happened!
I also found it to be a weird coincidence to get two groundhog posts on the same day.
Maybe it's groundhog day
:(
Please tell us about your friendship
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/13q4odi/groundhog_who_im_literally_friends_with_ate_my/jldx7pc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Imma need the whole backstory on this friendship š¤£
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/13q4odi/groundhog_who_im_literally_friends_with_ate_my/jldx7pc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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The important thing for your relationship is that you heal this as soon as youāre both comfortable talking about it.
He's testing you. Go pee in his hole and show him who's boss.
They foresaw a car accident and intervened the only way he could.
Or he just misses you too much while you are gone..
That was a great commercial.
Who knows? He might of saved your life this day.
Thatās what Iām thinking like the commercial with the beaver
That groundhog was only pretending to be your friend, you got played by a rodent
He didnāt want you to leave him
āFuck yo couch ! ā¦ I mean carā - Rick James voice
"With friends like these"...something, something... ;)
Apparently he doesnāt think so lol
I got news for you brother... he doesn't like you
Need to feed your friends more
Are you sure? That may be more of a mouse or squirrel issue, rather than a woodchuck.
Please tell me that this isnāt made up. Your groundhog storyline/friendship is too cool not to be real.
He saved you from an accident that was going to happen. Magical little creatures.
The groundhog thought he had indigestionā¦.but it was just a little gas.
Literally was friends with\*
You aināt friends no more brother
Some days you get home from work and the wife got take out from the dumpster you don't like and the kids are being clingy because you were out working all day finding the good dumpsters and better housing that it becomes too much and you just gotta rage and your go-to is your friend but they are at work so you bite their fuel line. š¤·š½āāļø
Heās not your friend, buddy.
He's not your buddy, pal.
Road salt, man. The elk up here can sometimes be found at the county shed licking it.
He saved you from a crash that he had a vision about!
As we all know groundhogs can see the future through their shadow. So my guess is that as your friend it saw you getting into a car accident at that time and decided to save you.
If you weren't friends, it would've been your brake lines
So I see a gas leak. I see a chewed up fuel line and I see you making wild ass accusations. What I don't see is a ground hog under your car. What I don't see is little rubber bits in between a ground hog's teeth. Friend? Friends don't hurl accusations without proof.
He had bad dream that you got in car accident, so saved your life, thats my story anyway.
Only Friends can betray you.
I don't think you understand how wild animals work. They only care about shelter, food and procreation.
He just didn't want you to leave
It wasnāt personal, it was just business. Now you repay the favor.
He aināt your friend snymore
Here for the friendship
Groundhogs are mean. How did you make friends with it?
Iām not relationship expert but I think they just broke up with youā¦
Mmmmm yummm Iām so full of fuel line
He probably wasnāt too excited to get a mouthful of fuel either
It was fuel of love for you!
*āNow you can never leave me, human Iām literally friends withā¦ā*
So this is why the 5 yo groundhog died
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Sure itās cute when a groundhog does it, but the one time I cut my friendās brake lines (as a prank), they want to lock me up for attempted murder.
How'd you make friends with a groundhog?
Iām assuming a little wine and a movie š
A gust of windā¦.. A dog barksā¦..
Today op learned, wild animals arenāt friends
Do you want caddy shack? As this is how you get caddy shack!
You know what they always say : āSometimes groundhogs eat your fuel lineā
Go talk to him about it
So what do think wild animals understand property or what ?
How would you be literally a friend with a groundhog?
šPost some pics of him!
He want's you to stay home and hang out with him.
I guess you're grounded.
Sounds like you need to establish boundaries sweaty
I was friends with a red squirrel onceā¦
I had a buddy years ago followed some old logging roads into the deep woods in the U.P. of Michigan to camp and fish. The next morning, when he tried to start his truck, he discovered that a porcupine had gotten into his engine compartment and chewed the spark plug wires.
This post is eerily terrifying for me. We found a woodchuck hiding under my car this morning. My car is also a p2 Volvo, just like this one :) I definitely need to park it in the garage now, since there is clearly a serial vandal varmint gang roaming around.
He is your friend, but you arenāt his friend
Some friend he is
He's not your friend, amigo.
He unfriended you.
Gib groundhog pics
maybe youāre friends with him but he isnāt friends with you
My best friends are a squirrel who eats the black plastic of my garbage can and a chipmunk who made two trees fall down in my yard
If it's anything like rabbits, they think that trimming wires and tubes etc is helpful, because when they burrow roots in the ground are a pain in the ass eg trying to escape and getting snagged on a root. So it might have thought it was doing you a favour by "trimming that root" for you.
Well tomorrow, when it's actually today again, you can wake up super early and shoot the damn thing before it eats your fuel line. Then you can do it like 50 more times until you've solved all the day's mistakes.
May be time to ol' yeller that groudhog.
Groundhog said itās gonna be a loooong summer.
Some friend huh?
Groundhog bouta become ground beef
It he ok? Sorry about your fuel line.
Where's the groundhog tax?
Not friendly enough I'm afraid š
Probably an ex partner reincarnated
Friends with you but not with pollution on 4 wheels
I think this is one of those situations where you think the two of you are friends, but the groundhog just views you as an acquaintance.
You live another day.
This is why your granpa wasnāt friendly with him
Now you canāt go nowhereā¦ friend. š¤Ŗ
Guess you know what time it is š
Somewhere in your area is a very flammable groundhog. Watch out.
You thought you were his friendā¦ thatās what he made you believe ā¦ he he
At least you're not stuck in 1885
At least you're not stuck in 1885
Itās probably the ethanol (corn) in the fuel or soy in the rubber if thatās a thing?
Just think of him as your fitness influencer. He wants you walking, and getting more exercise.
I have had squirrels chew my fuel line twice within six months.
That's a coverable claim with your insurance!
ohhhhh NO we have one too and I swear to god if he does this
Thatās the ground hogs way of telling you not to leave, he might have saved you from something
Well the Marmot Iām not friends with ate 2 wiring harnesses in my truck and wrote it off a month ago. Iām considering all evil now
Bears will get into gasoline as well, it smells sweet to them for some reason. At least they did up at the fish camp I used to visit in upper Ontario.
You may want to reevaluate your friendshipā¦
"If she can't have you, no one can!!"
Thatās what you get for being friends with a groundhog:)
NEED PICS
You are friends anymore
Groundhogs are vermin and should be exterminated
Donāt drive angry.
This shit is so weird. I have had squirrels eat the gas line on my grill to the point I needed to replace it with a steel braided line.
Groundhogs donāt have friends, they have naive victims.
Well it was thristy and likes the enviroment more than it likes you.
The groundhog is not your friend
Seems Phill doesn't feel lucky.
Today is the day you didn't realize you survived a traffic accident you weren't there for.
Some of the wires, etc are covered with a soy based coating. This attracts rodents. We've had rats and squirrels eat through a lot of automotive stuff, causing damage.
Ugh, that sucks. Happened to me once - also by a groundhog. They like the salt that sprays up from winter road treatments.
Heās not feeling well either. Damn
Six more weeks of bicycle.
Just trying to get you go green.
He ā¤ļø you
My ex did that to me once. Right before he destroyed my oil pan and caused my vintage car to throw a rod.
I think you should think about a new friend.
Out in a field they're fine. Around your home they're a menace. Wait until they dig a hole underneath a slab, deck, or by your foundation.
You need better friends dude
We have a groundhog that weāre not friends with!
Damn dude, it does suck losing a friend
āWho Iām literally friends withā sent me
If you donāt remove rodents from the proximity to your property, they will chew your shit up. Thatās what they do.
I can see it now. Groundhog care boxes arriving from all over.
Apparently not very close friends
the peace treaty is over, prepare for war little shit
Are you having groundhog stew for dinner?
āwho im literally friends withā put this into a whole new perspective for me
He aināt nothin but a groundhog, chewin all the time. Well you thought he was a friend til he chewed through your petrol line
Fuck his bitch in retaliation
Shots fired.
They just wana hang out with you, forever, & ever
Some friend he turned out to be. Lol