I returned home yesterday and opened the garage door to walk in. As I was about to open the door into the house I heard a noise and turned to see a small rodent of some kind jump off a storage shelf and run across the floor towards the open garage door. I think most wild animals will try to escape if they are trapped inside, as long as there are no babies!
The other night we were on the deck and the neighbors were waterskiing. Suddenly, we hear “Dad! Stop! There’s a raccoon in the boat!” They return to their dock, and about 20 minutes later, an enormous raccoon ambles its way out of the boat, on to the dock, and into the yard, and then takes off towards to woods. Struck me as one of the funniest things I had ever heard.
let’s see there was the pork-u-pine and the dog. the racoon sitting on the microwave eating oreos and the skunk in the garage sleeping which story is best? maybe the bear and deer near hubby on the excavator. only the dog got hurt. he survived all 3 times, only the vet made money.
A few years back in the summer at about 3 or 4 in the morning my dogs went ape. I stumbled in a daze wearing nothing but boxer shorts into the laundry room to find my 90 pound pit mix lunging at a hissing and spitting coon standing on the water line in the back of the machine. They look cute and cuddly until you get too close and then they are all claws, fangs and a world of potential pain. I managed to get the dogs out and locked up without blood shed. I should have quit there but for some stupid reason I grabbed my .22 rifle. No idea how I plucked that critter at such close range with a scoped rifle but I did. I remember as I was pulling the trigger that maybe this wasn’t a great idea. It was not; I was cleaning blood off the ceilings, walls and floors for quite some time. I was a bit concerned that my neighbor half a mile away had called the cops. Bad idea to shoot a coon in your house, trust me on this one. I blame sleep deprivation.
rekam Premium Member almost 4 years ago
How to get out of doing just about anything. Right, Adam?
SHIVA almost 4 years ago
He’s a master at doing that!!!
Doctor Toon almost 4 years ago
I wouldn’t get all that worked up about a Raccoon, now a Skunk on the other hand…
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I returned home yesterday and opened the garage door to walk in. As I was about to open the door into the house I heard a noise and turned to see a small rodent of some kind jump off a storage shelf and run across the floor towards the open garage door. I think most wild animals will try to escape if they are trapped inside, as long as there are no babies!
jango almost 4 years ago
Better than having an oppossum in your garage. They are hissers!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
That racoon look perturbed. I’m thinking he didn’t want all that drama just for the meager munchies left by the likes of Adam.
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
OK, who left the garage door open?
cuzinron47 almost 4 years ago
You don’t want to see the Yelp review it gave you for your trash.
BJIllistrated Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Good thing the house wasn’t on fire!
Margaret Hamm almost 4 years ago
The other night we were on the deck and the neighbors were waterskiing. Suddenly, we hear “Dad! Stop! There’s a raccoon in the boat!” They return to their dock, and about 20 minutes later, an enormous raccoon ambles its way out of the boat, on to the dock, and into the yard, and then takes off towards to woods. Struck me as one of the funniest things I had ever heard.
Albert Sims Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Should of called Kevin Rose. He knows how to handle raccoons. https://youtu.be/hHN-f6xTzsY
htenhoeve almost 4 years ago
let’s see there was the pork-u-pine and the dog. the racoon sitting on the microwave eating oreos and the skunk in the garage sleeping which story is best? maybe the bear and deer near hubby on the excavator. only the dog got hurt. he survived all 3 times, only the vet made money.
Plumb.Bob Premium Member almost 4 years ago
A few years back in the summer at about 3 or 4 in the morning my dogs went ape. I stumbled in a daze wearing nothing but boxer shorts into the laundry room to find my 90 pound pit mix lunging at a hissing and spitting coon standing on the water line in the back of the machine. They look cute and cuddly until you get too close and then they are all claws, fangs and a world of potential pain. I managed to get the dogs out and locked up without blood shed. I should have quit there but for some stupid reason I grabbed my .22 rifle. No idea how I plucked that critter at such close range with a scoped rifle but I did. I remember as I was pulling the trigger that maybe this wasn’t a great idea. It was not; I was cleaning blood off the ceilings, walls and floors for quite some time. I was a bit concerned that my neighbor half a mile away had called the cops. Bad idea to shoot a coon in your house, trust me on this one. I blame sleep deprivation.
jdsven almost 4 years ago
By now the raccoons probably walked into town…Booked himself a room in the local saloon