A Marin County neighborhood is on alert after a series of squirrel attacks.

A handful of people living in the Lucas Valley-Marinwood community north of San Rafael say attacks by a squirrel have sent them to the emergency room with bite marks. Multiple residents on Mount Diablo Circle near Mount Lassen Drive told CBS News Bay Area the squirrel approached them showing aggressive behavior.

Marie Ayoob's husband Joe saw the squirrel acting erratically and swatted at it with his hat, trying to ward it off.

"It took a bite out of our fence and then jumped on Joe's head, biting his ear. It then jumped down and attacked Joe on the leg," Ayoob said.

Family members rushed him to the emergency room for treatment, only to find out that other neighbors had also been attacked. The next day, the Ayoo

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