W-w-want some candy?

I think something in this neighborhood is being ritually bled onto the sidewalks. Beneath one of the trees is a small sticky circle of damp that doesn't quite wash away with rain. My bets are on the squirrels. They're horrible around here--waging constant warfare on us and each other. More than once, I've been chattered at and pelted with fragments of chestnuts. They've obviously kidnapped some unfortunate animal and are using it for their own dark purposes.