Residents in Queens, New York, are facing a serious squirrel problem.

Multiple attacks have been reported in Rego Park, according to local news affiliate FOX 5 New York.

The Singh family from Rego Park told FOX 5 that their neighborhood has experienced around 20 unprovoked squirrel attacks since Thanksgiving.

"They have been randomly attacking people — attacking is anywhere from jumping onto them to scratching and biting aggressively," Vinati Singh explained on Wednesday. "We don't know why it's happening."

Other Rego Park residents have been attacked so severely, they have been left bloodied by the aggravated rodents, according to recent photos and videos shared by social media users.

Micheline Frederick, 56, told the New York Post she was attacked by a squirrel on Dec. 21.

"The squirrel didn’t care, it just wanted something -- it wanted blood," she said. "For a few days afterwards I would come out with a shovel, just in case, looking around."

It is not clear why squirrels in this particular New York City neighborhood are attacking.

"Squirrels and many other small rodents are rarely found to be infected with rabies," the NYC Health Department’s said in a statement. "If New Yorkers believe they have observed an animal infected with rabies, they should report it to 311. Any resident who has been bitten should contact their doctor and report it to the Department’s Animal Bite Unit."

Records on NYC Health do not show any positive cases of rabies among squirrels in 2020. Nor have there been any confirmed infections recorded in the last 10 years.

"The NYC Health Department received a complaint about an aggressive squirrel in Rego Park and advised the property owner to hire a New York State licensed trapper," a spokesperson from the health agency told Fox News via email. "We are actively working with residents to get more information about the bite events and coordinating with the trapper."

New York City is home to the Eastern Gray Squirrel, according to WildlifeNYC, a city government-supported education campaign. The breed is said to be able to reach speeds up to 15 mph and leap upwards of 8 feet.

WildlifeNYC advises people to refrain from feeding squirrels, keep distant from them when they are in view and to seal up homes to avoid nesting infestations.

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You want maybe Tank and I should make a trip to NYC and help these folks out. I'm sure he'd love to eat a squirrel or two... little bassturd seems like he's always hungry. I upped his kibble to 2 cups morning and evening - plus treats - and he don't seem to be getting fat. 🤔

I predict one day that my dog will actually catch a squirrel.... not sure what will happen then though.. she gets close

Send MattieB up there he’ll clear up the squirrel problem.

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That lady is lucky. Almost another covid related death.

Murder squirrels!

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Rabies fo' sho'

I predict she will shake it vigorously from side to side and tear parts off of it.

cross species reference outrage!

nice one, G-man.

there are some very aggressive squirrels and geese at the Whittier Narrows park in South El Monte, CA...I used to go for walks along the trails there...

there was a big fat squirrel that blocked the path, once...stood on its hind legs with front legs appearing to be on its hips, looking at me eye to eye...felt kinda like he was strong-arm robbing me...


the geese will bite you if you try to walk by them...

Meh, I saw 2 attack squirrels while living in Wisconsin. One attacked a Golden Eagle one day. One attacked my dogs one day.

Squirrels 0-2.

My last dog, Madison, would chase squirrels only to lose time and time again as the tree rats were able to get to a tree before being caught.

The one and only time he "caught" one was because the squirrel was trapped in the open with nowhere to run. It dodged and weaved only to stumble. It lay there helpless, prone on it's back and hands in the air as Madison straddled it looking down at his prey.

Then the mutt looked back over his shoulder at me as if to say "Holy $#!+! I caught one... now what the fark do I do?" In this moment of hesitation (confusion) the squirrel was able to dart away.

So ends the story of Madison's one and only catch.

He also tree-ed another kind of animal once. He was all happy, barking, looking up from the base of the tree, looking at me, looking up... I wandered over to see what it was. As I looked up... there was a fisher cat staring down at me and the dog 20 feet away (gulp). I pulled him away to safety and thought to myself "Well if Madison was a cat, there goes one of his lives."

Then the three times getting skunked (yep, he didn't learn the first two times).

I miss my dog.

Our last dog was also named Madison.

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It's rumored that they escaped from that laboratory that developed the COVID-19 vaccine, I'm sure it a complete coincidence. :-"

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My fat lazy lab gets a couple squirrels a week............lots of pecan trees in the back yard.What she can't get I take out with a couple air rifles bought just for this purpose.January now.....time to put a few in the freezer for winter squirrel stew or dumplimgs

The wife's cat caught one a few weeks ago... didn't kill it tho... puppy-dog played with it for a little while... but didn't kill it.. was fun to watch... squirrel was pissed when it was all over..😟

The foxes requesting our yard keep the fluffy tailed tree rats to a minimum.

Years ago we had a large outside cat, Snoopy, that would catch squirrels and eat everything but the stomach. He made a lot of crunching noise consuming them. Quite a cat, he once got in the kitchen and consumed all the filling of a pumpkin pie.

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They see BLM get away with it
So they figure why the heck not...

madison, I knew her well,bark to get it, and really how'ed when you driven home.🎯