Home security footage captures the extreme efforts a squirrel went to gain access to a bin in a Virginia backyard.<br /><br />The sped up footage from July 26 shows the persistent squirrel chewing at the lid of the bin for around 20 minutes before finally gaining access to its contents.<br /><br />Melissa, whose security camera managed to capture this, told Newsflare: "My husband and I kept getting alerts on our phones indicating that our Ring Floodlight was detecting motion in our backyard. <br /><br />"When we finally looked, we saw this determined little squirrel chewing away at our outdoor garbage can lid to get to its contents. <br /><br />"He spent more than 20 minutes chewing away at plastic bits before finally gaining access to the contents of the garbage can!<br /><br />"I happened to look at the footage for a different motion alert from our back yard and noticed that there was trash on the ground next to our garbage can. <br /><br />"It was then that I went back and watched all the clips of the squirrel from the previous day and saw that he had, in fact, successfully chewed through our garbage can. <br /><br />"I don't think he has returned. We called the garbage can a complete loss and tossed it in the next garbage pickup day."
