OMG that happened in my house! Somehow one got in the garage, and my then- 3 year old opened the basement door to see the "pet" chipmunk. I was wearing shorts, and the dang thing shot up the stairs and in between my legs with its long tail rubbing up my legs. We closed everything off, opened up the front door, and I stood on a chair yellingand pointing "There it is! There it is!" while my husband chased it with a broom. An aquantance who has since become a very close friend just happened to be walking up our sidewalk and thought we were nuts. After we finally got it out, it sat on the front porch and just stared at the door as if to say "Now what was all THAT about?" He stayed on that porch for a couple hours.