A funny video has emerged of American football player Clay Matthews getting scared as he tries to pet a squirrel on the pitch. <br /><br />The footage, shot in Green Bay, WI, USA earlier this month, shows the squirrel running on the pitch approaching a group of people. <br /><br />Clay Matthews can be seen crouching to try and touch the animal before jumping up when it gets too close. <br /><br />"Being such a big guy I found this very funny and I thought other people would get a laugh out of it too," the filmer wrote online. <br /><br />++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN EDITED++
