Big Rats?

So for awhile now my sister and I have tried to tell my dad that we hear this scurring nose upstairs. This scurring noise wakes me up most weekends at around 6am because I'm quite well rested. Well my dad was working on repainting the house and noticed this big gaping hole in the roof. As he began to clear the hole out (b/c there were a lot of pine leaves, a whole trash bag to be exact), this thing hissed at him. He quickly withdrew his hand and went upstairs. He saw this huge rat like creatures running across the attic. So, he went to home depot to buy rat traps.

This morning, he went upstairs to check on the traps b/c I heard them scurrying around again. He climbs up the attic while I'm brushing my teeth and goes, "ANNETTE! LOOK LOOK! It's not a big rat, it's a momma squirrel with a baby squirrel. They think I'm going to feed it. COME LOOK LOOK."

I mutter, "No thanks Dad." [I didn't want to be late for church]. In any case, my dad was so relieved they were squirrels and not rats. He did ask me my thoughts on how we should catch the squirrels.

My thought included: Shoot it.