User:Hepcat91179/Joseph leonti

Born: Reading, PA 1979.

Born to imigrant parents, his father was a clothes pin salesman and his mother was a stay at home yak farmer, he grew to enjoy the nomadic life. He started forming small groups of like-minded people to rally for the civil rights and equal treatment of squirrels in 1973. After little attention was given to this cause a grand idea was born in the spring of 1976. With the aid of his wife(she was a known biological weapons creator)he put together the biggest squirrel rights rally ever assembled. Held in downtown Briarcliffe Acres, SC (pop. 470) it began as a peaceful protest against hunters that were targeting innocent squirrels and using the bodies to make gravy and hats. After a few hours a group of hunters met the rally and shouting began. Hostilities rose when a squirrel protester was hit with a bottle and had to be rushed to the nearest medical facility. The once peaceful rally then grew increasingly violent as the squirrels fought back against their advisaries. The event culminated with the squirrels setting fire to the town and the surrounding landscape to try and garner world wide recognition for their cause. After 24 hunters and 116 squirrels perished a truce was reached, the rights of the once hunted squirrel were obtained. This day, known as The Great Squirrel Fire of '76 is celebrated with much fanfare throughout the world every year on April 11th. Joseph Leonti has since moved on to organize other similar movements, most recently Moose Aginst Motor Vehicles and hopes to draw attention to the unequal treatment of other downtrodden species.