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 RobertB
    
Location: Skeeterville, TX
Gender: Male
Maybe I shouldn't be using my real name...
 |  |  | OMG Raccoons
< on 10/5/2009 9:34 PM >
|  | | | Just saw this. Don't tell Crab_Soul.
Raccoons maul Fla. woman, 74, who shooed them away
Posted Monday, Oct. 05, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.star-te...story/1661491.html
LAKELAND, Fla. — A 74-year-old who was "filleted" by raccoons when she tried to shoo them away from her central Florida home was hospitalized for more than two days, authorities said Monday.
Gretchen Whitted, of Lakeland, was in stable condition Monday, two days after she saw a family of raccoons near her back patio. She told rescue personnel she tried to wave the animals away; a few minutes later, she spotted them at her front door and tried to run them off again. Then they attacked.
Whitted fell, and the five animals bit and clawed at her, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
"They enveloped her," the sheriff said.
"We're not talking about a lot of little bites here," Judd added. "She was filleted."
A neighbor called for help after hearing the woman's cries and seeing her covered in blood.
Whitted received dozens of staples and sutures and was treated for rabies, though officials doubt the animals were infected.
Fire crews flooded nearby drains where some of the animals escaped, but none turned up. Animal Control officers hope to catch them in traps baited with wet cat food and sardines.
"I've been a hunter all my life and I've never heard of raccoons attacking in a mob like this," Judd said. |
J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte.
La voici: "Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!"
Dieu m'a exaucé. |
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cr400
  
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 1 on 10/5/2009 10:07 PM >
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Just released this guy, he was as sweet as they can get. They can get a might temperamental at times!!!
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
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mascarah
Location: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
| | | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 2 on 10/5/2009 10:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by RobertB
Animal Control officers hope to catch them in traps baited with wet cat food and sardines.
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haha. yeah, that's great if they're trying to bait cats. my family used to raise raccoons. peanut butter and aluminum foil, best way to catch a raccoon.
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Boffo
  
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Location: Smithers, BC
Gender: Male
HONK! HONK!
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 3 on 10/5/2009 11:39 PM >
| | | | I had an encounter with a dozen or so raccoons on my front porch a few months ago. I had to chase em away twice. I think I might just give that a second thought if I open the door to see twenty raccoons on my porch instead of chasing em off with an oar.
Here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you. |
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Raticus
 
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 4 on 10/6/2009 12:52 PM >
| | | | Raccoons can be some pretty fierce little bandits. They're cute, and fun in the state parks where they're kinda used to people, but they can rip you apart if they decide to.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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O5iri5
Location: Alton, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
We are the underground
| |  | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 5 on 10/7/2009 1:54 AM >
| | | | i had a few as pets when i was a kid, they were awesome as pets. but i have encountered quite a few wild ones that tried to enjoy my flesh for dinner. racoons are crazy animals.
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Liquorhead
Location: Sherman,Tx
Gender: Male
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 6 on 10/7/2009 2:04 AM >
| | | | One of the raccoons in question:
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Raticus
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 7 on 10/7/2009 2:50 AM >
| | | | Posted by Liquorhead
One of the raccoons in question:
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Smith county Draculacoonicus. I have those come up in my back yard sometimes. Blood thirsty.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Duncantx
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 8 on 10/7/2009 4:11 PM >
| | | | Just park your lawn chair across the way from your garbage cans with a six pack of beer, spotlight, and a .22 rifle.
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Mr. "D"
Location: East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: OMG Raccoons
<Reply # 9 on 10/7/2009 8:10 PM >
| | | | Posted by Duncantx
Just park your lawn chair across the way from your garbage cans with a six pack of beer, spotlight, and a .22 rifle.
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Six pack? Come on now least a 12er.....and flask of gin.
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