Scene stealer: A ground squirrel pops into a self-portrait by Mellisa and Jackson Brandts in Banff National Park

Okay, so there’s no hunting season in Alberta’s Banff National Park, but I thought you might still be interested in this curious photo, currently doing a viral world wide web tour. The ground squirrel popped into the frame while investigating the noise the camera’s auto focus was making as Minnesota natives Melissa and Jackson Brandts took a remote portrait with Banff’s Lake Minnewanka in the background last May. Melissa uploaded the image to nationalgeographic.com’s “Your Shot” feature on August 7, launching the squirrel to world-wide stardom. In typical internet fashion, the rude rodent has since been Photoshopped into all nature of images. Check out this one for a top-10 list of “crasher squirrel’s” images, or see hundreds of them here. Could this be what threw Tiger off his game at the PGA Championship?

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