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This squirrel in a 'Scream' mask is hilariously creepy

So spooky. So cute.

Some people are so obsessed with Halloween that they dress up their pets. Then there are the people who take it to the next level by dressing up their backyard squirrel.

Storyboard artist Sean Chen shared an extremely spooky post on Instagram showing off the Scream mask up outside of a window that happened to attract a neighborhood squirrel.

It is both adorable and horrifying.

"Finally done with all the kid’s costumes! Made one a while back for our backyard squirrel which she'll be wearing for Halloween," Chen captioned the post.

Maybe the squirrel is a fan of irreverent horror satire?

It's impossible to resist the beauty of tried-and-true squirrel-in-a-mask gags. It's just too good.

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