A squirrel eats from the hand of Exxon attendant Ghulan Rabani at the station at 4001 Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria, Sept. 23, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)
A squirrel eats at 4001 Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria, Sept. 23, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)
A squirrel eats at 4001 Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria, Sept. 23, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)
A squirrel eating next to Exxon attendant Ghulan Rabani at the station at 4001 Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria, Sept. 23, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)
Every day at the Exxon at 4001 Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria, attendant Ghulam Rabani has fed peanut M&Ms to a squirrel.
“I see him every day,” Rabani told ALXnow. “He loves the M&Ms. He’ll take them and hide them and then come back.”
Rabani hasn’t named the squirrel, which he’s fed dozens of times and lures by making kissing sounds.
Reporter James Cullum has spent nearly 20 years covering Northern Virginia. He began working with ALXnow in 2020, and has covered every story under the sun for the publication, from investigative stories to features and photo galleries. His work includes coverage of national and international situations, as well as from the White House, Capitol, Pentagon, Supreme Court and State Department. He's covered protests and riots throughout the U.S. (including the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol), in addition to earthquake-ridden Haiti, Western Sahara in North Africa and war-torn South Sudan. He has photographed presidents and other world leaders, celebrities and famous musicians, and excels under pressure.
