Katie DiBenedetti
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51 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 5 May
Katie DiBenedetti’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Neighbors say five people have reported attacks around the same street in San Rafael this month that go a bit like this.
It wouldn't get off.
It just clung more, and I was swinging my leg around and screaming.
Luckily, the odds of getting rabies from a squirrel are extremely low, and Heblak was back out on her usual walk that same afternoon.
But disquieting posters warning people of, quote, a very mean squirrel are still up in the neighborhood.
For NPR News, I'm Katie DiBenedetti in San Francisco.
Joan Heblak was out for her morning walk when she felt something strange grabbing on her leg last Sunday.
Neighbors say five people have reported attacks around the same street in San Rafael this month that go a bit like this.
Luckily, the odds of getting rabies from a squirrel are extremely low, and Heblak was back out on her usual walk that same afternoon.
But disquieting posters warning people of, quote, a very mean squirrel are still up in the neighborhood.
For NPR News, I'm Katie DiBenedetti in San Francisco.
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