A NUTTY RED squirrel stashed away 42 gallons of walnuts inside a van.

       Bill Fischer discovered the lemon-sized snacks in every inch of the Chevy Avalanche.

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       A squirrel stuffed walnuts into the van wherever it could find space Credit: Newsflash

       He found thousands under the hood and the radiator fan after leaving his van parked by a black walnut tree for a few days in North Dakota, US.

       Bill said: “A lot of places, in the radiator fan, all the way through here, that corner has been covered full with walnuts. It was planning on camping there for the winter.

       “I had to pull the fenders off and clean out all the walnuts out and thought I had them all and took it down the road, turned the corner and found one rolling inside the windshield where the wipers go.”

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       The owner found countless walnuts underneath the hood Credit: Newsflash 3

       The owner had parked the car under a black walnut tree Credit: Newsflash

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