Move over, ‘Chicago rat hole.’ There’s a new rodent hole in town.
The ‘squirrel hole,’ Chicago’s latest rodent impression in concrete, is hidden in plain site on a busy corner in the Loop.
The concrete slab housing the impression resembling an outline of a squirrel, bushy tail and all, sits at the northeastern corner of Adams and State streets.
It’s unknown when the ‘squirrel hole’ first came to be, or how long the imprint will stick around.
A ‘rat hole’ in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood gained attention on social media in January 2024, leading locals to turn the imprint into a makeshift shrine.
City officials removed the concrete slab with the ‘rat hole’ a few months after it gained attention, after the Chicago Department of Transportation inspected sidewalks in the area and “determined they needed to be replaced because of damage,” the agency said.
A second, more mysterious ‘rat hole’ went viral on Reddit months after the first was removed.
The ‘squirrel hole’ and the original ‘rat hole’ may share a common ancestor, as Lincoln Park Zoo’s Dr. Seth Magel, the director of the Urban Wildlife Institue, said there are signs the rat-like imprint was “much more likely to be a squirrel.”
The love Chicagoans have for these rodent impressions is undeniable. Some have even gotten tattoos of the original ‘rat hole.’
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