Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe DEMOTTE, Ind., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- An Indiana woman is blaming a hardworking chipmunk for filling the engine compartment of her car with black walnuts. Hope Wideup of DeMotte said she connected the damage to the chipmunk after a garden glove she had seen it steal from her yard turned up under the hood of her car before the destructive cache of walnuts, the Gary (Ind.) Post-Tribune reported Friday. Advertisement She said the mess and damage caused by the walnuts cost $242.08 to clean and repair, "Apparently this little guy stuffed a bunch of these nuts in the accelerator throttle," Wideup said. "There were thousands in there. They were everywhere. "This time of year I surely wasn't prepared for that $242.08 expense," she said. "It's funny, but it's not."
