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ludey Small Cog Offline Probably gonna ride today Posts: 273 Location: Indian Land, SC Joined: 04/26/11	The Sherm white squirrel 09/07/14 at 3:46pm	Print Post
	He's still out there. Spotted it yesterday in the same general vicinity as the last time I saw it (about 8 minutes past the end of roller coaster). Just thought I'd post up since I haven't heard anything about the little guy lately.

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MountainCycle Big Ring Offline Unelite p***^. Heartbreak lover. Posts: 1062 Joined: 02/05/09	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #1 - 09/08/14 at 12:18am	Print Post
	Miss that little bastard....

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #2 - 09/08/14 at 12:23am	Print Post
	I've never seen the white squirrel. I only make it out to Sherman 3-5 times a year (only once so far this year, and that was yesterday), and I look for him every time. He has good taste - I would argue that SB is probably the best trail in the area.

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sager Big Ring Offline Waiting for my next ride! Posts: 1343 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/02/08	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #3 - 09/08/14 at 12:25am	Print Post
	Specialist wrote on 09/08/14 at 12:23am: I've never seen the white squirrel. I only make it out to Sherman 3-5 times a year (only once so far this year, and that was yesterday), and I look for him every time. He has good taste - I would argue that SB is probably the best trail in the area. Then why only 3-5 times a year?

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DavidM Little Ring Offline Work & Ride with THTB! Posts: 659 Location: Ft Mill, SC Joined: 04/15/09	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #4 - 09/08/14 at 11:10am	Print Post
	"I would argue that SB is probably the best trail in the area." You obviously haven't been to RRT!

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #5 - 09/08/14 at 1:30pm	Print Post
	3-5 times a year because it is on the other side of town. I wish I could get out there more. And no, I haven't ridden RRT yet, but it is definitely on my list.

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UncleThunder Small Cog Offline Posts: 455 Location: Charlotte, NC Joined: 11/01/13	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #6 - 09/08/14 at 1:43pm	Print Post
	YES! I don't seem so crazy after all! I told my friends and they have never seen him. It is nice to know I am not alone. I saw the guy after the second cross over on the main trail. That is the only place I ever see him.

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sager Big Ring Offline Waiting for my next ride! Posts: 1343 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/02/08	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #7 - 09/08/14 at 1:46pm	Print Post
	UncleThunder wrote on 09/08/14 at 1:43pm: YES! I don't seem so crazy after all! I told my friends and they have never seen him. It is nice to know I am not alone. I saw the guy after the second cross over on the main trail. That is the only place I ever see him. There is photographic evidence on this forum. I've seen him a few times, he's hard to miss. He's bright white.

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AbsoluteOrange Newbie Offline It doesn't have to be "fun" to be fun. Posts: 46 Location: Matthews Joined: 07/23/13	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #8 - 09/09/14 at 1:24am	Print Post
	He is white fluffy and beautiful. Clearly he/she is the alpha amoung the SB squirrels.

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blazinb Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 81 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/02/12	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #9 - 09/09/14 at 7:19pm	Print Post
	Hopefully the big copperhead i've seen on the roller coaster loop the past few rides isnt hungry, he was a monster!!

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Doc00t IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline When in DOUBT, PEDAL it OUT Posts: 1785 Location: University Joined: 05/09/12	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #10 - 09/09/14 at 8:15pm	Print Post
	I bet the White squirrel could take the copperhead! I've heard that Chuck Norris checks under his bed at night to make sure the White Squirrel is not there.

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Norwegianblue Coaster Bike Offline Pining for the fjords! Posts: 156 Location: Near Beatty Joined: 05/29/09	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #11 - 09/10/14 at 4:59pm	Print Post
	Doc00t wrote on 09/09/14 at 8:15pm: I bet the White squirrel could take the copperhead! I've heard that Chuck Norris checks under his bed at night to make sure the White Squirrel is not there. Jens Voight has a pet white squirrel! Some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas. Chuck Norris wears Jens Voigt pajamas.

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sterlingm Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 3 Joined: 07/24/14	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #12 - 09/12/14 at 1:17am	Print Post
	blazinb wrote on 09/09/14 at 7:19pm: Hopefully the big copperhead i've seen on the roller coaster loop the past few rides isnt hungry, he was a monster!! New guy here - do you often see snakes at Sherman? Sherman is very close to me so I tend to only go there. I know there is, of course, always a risk when in the woods, but I've never actually seen one out there.

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Bobadamus Coaster Bike Offline Exorcise Me! Posts: 153 Joined: 05/06/09	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #13 - 09/12/14 at 3:12pm	Print Post
	I have seen the White One too. There is a Brown One in BYT, but the Google says that is common, although I have only seen 1 in 50 odd years.

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AbsoluteOrange Newbie Offline It doesn't have to be "fun" to be fun. Posts: 46 Location: Matthews Joined: 07/23/13	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #14 - 09/13/14 at 3:15pm	Print Post
	Bobadamus wrote on 09/12/14 at 3:12pm: I have seen the White One too. There is a Brown One in BYT, but the Google says that is common, although I have only seen 1 in 50 odd years. These brown squirrels you speak of are clearly the offspring of the Sherman white squirrel and the Beatty jet black squirrel.

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ludey Small Cog Offline Probably gonna ride today Posts: 273 Location: Indian Land, SC Joined: 04/26/11	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #15 - 09/13/14 at 7:06pm	Print Post
	sterlingm wrote on 09/12/14 at 1:17am: New guy here - do you often see snakes at Sherman? Sherman is very close to me so I tend to only go there. I know there is, of course, always a risk when in the woods, but I've never actually seen one out there. Over the past 4 years, I've seen too many snakes to count, Sherman included. I've probably seen half a dozen copperheads over that time at Sherm. Some quite large and scary. Mostly, if you see a snake, it's going to be the black rat snake, which is harmless. But you always want to check the ground if you are going to step down.

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #16 - 09/14/14 at 4:44pm	Print Post
	I have seen a handful over the years - the only one I suspect was a copperhead was at WWC near the lake loop but he took off into the leaves before I could get too good a look. One garter snake at Fisher, one black snake at Renni. But I think I have some kind of disability that just prevents me from seeing them. I ride a lot, but just never notice any. I don't want to be cured. I like this disability. Anyway, when you do see one, leave them be and I promise you they will leave you be. At Fisher, since he was in the middle of the trail, I got off the bike and walked around him, giving him plenty of space (he was there first, after all). They make you pedal faster - much faster. Think of them as training partners.
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journey Coaster Bike Offline ILV2MTB Posts: 185 Location: Davidson, NC Joined: 08/31/05	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #17 - 09/15/14 at 2:20am	Print Post
	Specialist wrote on 09/14/14 at 4:44pm: They make you pedal faster - much faster. Think of them as training partners. LOL. I will have to remember that one I rode over what I believe was a copperhead last Sunday at SB -- I did not see it until I looked down as my front wheel passed over it. I did not see it's head or tail (U-shaped on ground), so there is a chance it was not a copperhead. I sped up rather than sticking around to check it out...

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sager Big Ring Offline Waiting for my next ride! Posts: 1343 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/02/08	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #18 - 09/15/14 at 11:49am	Print Post
	I think even cooler than the white squirrel and the copperheads is the brown/grey owl that lives near the lake loop. He's pretty active even in the morning time.

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MTBottles Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 34 Location: Charlotte, NC Joined: 07/05/14	Re: The Sherm white squirrel Reply #19 - 09/15/14 at 7:26pm	Print Post
	I stopped a couple of weeks ago just after that uphill jump on the main loop to check a message on my phone and saw a good sized owl just staring at me from a tree branch. I'd have never seen it if I didn't stop. It makes me wonder what kind of wildlife I ride right by without noticing.

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