How Did That Get In Here?

          This story involves a situation that we weren't allowed to talk about at work due to the potential consiquences if word got out. But now that the movie theater is closed, I think it is safe to tell about this story. One day during my shift, our manager Paul closed the entrance to one of the theaters and told us to not let any customers in. He than had a select few people join him in the theater with brooms and butlers. Butlers are the things used by cleaners to sweep dirt into until they can find a trash can. So I waited outside the theater for a bit until curiousity got the better of me.
          I opened up the door and walked in to find our manager and a few others searching the ground of the theater. "What are you guy's doing?" I asked. "There it is" someone said "Some one head it off at the other end". As I walked down the main walkway, I kept looking under the chairs to see what they were looking at. I watched as some furry animal scampered under the seats. It noticed the person trying to cut it off and started zig zagging in different directions. I wondered how they figured they were going to catch it. I supose they wanted to sweep it into one of the butlers and than take it outside to be released.
          I found the whole thing hilariouse and started laughing. "This isn't funny Chris" said Paul "We can get in seriouse trouble for this". Doing my best to contain my laughter, I decided to lend a hand. I watched as the thing ran back down the floor towards me. Eventualy it ended up in the row right where I was. It turned out that the animal was some kind of chipmunk or squarl, I can't remember which. I had the thing backed against the wall with no where to go, or so I thought.
          The side walls of our theater was layered with carpet, so the animal was able to get a firm grip on it. I watched as it started climbing up the wall in an attempt to escape. I was so facinated by it's climbing that I didn't think to act until a friend yelled at me. "CHRIS GRAB IT!" they yelled. I impulsively felt my arm move to snatch it off the wall with my bare hand. Luckly, I stopped myself before my fingers could wrap around it. The last time I went to hold a wild rodent I was bit and nearly got rabies.
          Not knowing what to do, we watched helplessly as it climbed higher and higher up the wall. I couldn't help but start laughing again at the whole thing. "This is bad guys" Paul said "This is realy bad". A panic started to set in with the managers, but I found it all so very entertaining. I'm pretty sure a few people tried throwing things at it to make it come down, but it was too high and too fast.
          Eventualy it came down on it's own and we somehow managed to shew it out the back exit door. We were pretty sure this is how it got in the theater in the first place. After making sure there was no evidence of it's presence, we were free to let the customers come in and watch their film.