I once stopped in the middle of RT 42 in Mason for a little raccoon that freaked out and ran under the truck I was driving. The scared little creature was just shivering and cowering.  A guy in a business suit showed up and started gently throwing small rocks under my vehicle (I understood his noble purpose, so I didn't complain - plus he was quite precise). The raccoon eventually ran off behind the Ace Hardware store.  It took about 10 minutes, but it was a happy ending. I'd like to just believe that the critter just ran up into the wooded area and lives there now, happily ever after.

Of all God's creatures, I don't especially like raccoons anymore. A family decided to dig through a wall and through the roof of my home doing thousands of dollars of damage. We cage trapped them and repaired damage for two years. I trapped and released a couple of families... miles from my home and a river away. That being said, even though they are cute, they are destructive little monsters. They also can carry rabies.

...as can dogs and even cats...

I had a cat give birth in the attic at the same time that the racoons were there. I got to hear that mess every night until she packed the kiddies and left.

I also tried every urban remedy to get rid of the raccons... I first put in a radio blasting disco music, a flashing strobe light and multicolor mirror ball... all were supposed to get rid of them.... instead more came.... I started calling my attic Club State Street East.

So when I saw the raccoon picture I was disgusted, but my dark side secretly cheered.

I don't like raccoons because one of them hit my car back in July on the way home from KI at 1:00 AM, and knocked my A/C system out. I still haven't gotten it fixed, and won't until spring.

 

At least the stupid critter died on impact, so he won't be able to take out anyone else's A/C systems.

I'm just sad it wasn't a deer.

Had it been, Volcano may have been closed for the rest of the season...

And then you would know for sure that a deer can fly.

...or not have the proper restraint...

Had it been, Volcano may have been closed for the rest of the season...

Completely worth it.

Richmond residents would say deer and Beast...

Now do you still think so?

I live in a rural area and drive about an hour to work early in the morning.  This week, from my house to work, I counted 8 road killed raccoons. 

 

At the farm, the coyotes have been going crazy lately.  Like waking me up with the windows closed crazy.