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I got jumped by 6 raccoons last night.

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8/21/2009 Tony "Tone" T. says:

I was a few sheets to the wind last night.
On my walk home I crossed a block midway and walked around a car.
To my suprise I ran into 8 full grown raccoons. One of them got spooked and shreaded the back of my jeans as I ran like a child. Heads up those things don't play around. They growled worse than animal I have ever heard.
*in fetal position rocking back and forth*

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    8/21/2009 Tony "Tone" T. says:

    it was actually something between 6 and 8.
    I did not take the time to count.

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    8/21/2009 steven r. says:

    Was one them named Rocky?

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    8/21/2009 Bianca "amo l'alimento" P. says:

    is this for real??? There were probably babies around... go get a rabbies shot! Your probably sick n will start foaming at the mouth

  4. 8/21/2009 Miles F. says:

    Did they hold you down and give you a titty twister?

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    8/21/2009 Tony "Tone" T. says:

    This story is very true.
    They did not break skin buy it did shread the back part of one of my pant legs.

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    8/21/2009 Zachary B. says:

    when they attack the best thing is to lay down play dead.

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    8/21/2009 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

    Oh sanp!  Damn Tony, that is funnnny!  I have seen some ghetto ass raccoons in Oakland, you do NOT mess with Oak. Raccoons!  They are as scary and hiss like big Possums do when you startle them.
    That's why I have a raccoon tail, it gives me some of their power.

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    8/21/2009 Patricia "Hon of Hons" H. says:

    They are very mean and aggressive when they feel threatened, especially if their young are with them.  We have them around all the time where I live in Oakland and I give them a very wide berth.  Their growl is terrifying!

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    seriously, the rabies shot is not a bad idea. even if you don't think they broke the skin.

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    8/21/2009 Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    Yeah, I had a raccoon in Yosemite that wanted to fight me for the cooler I had left on the patio at the Yosemite lodge. He was flipping it around trying to open it. When I opened the patio door, he hissed at me as if to say," you want some bitch!" I squirted some water on him and that just pissed him off more.

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    8/21/2009 K "no norco for the narco" G. says:

    roflmao!!!

  12. 8/21/2009 Miles F. says:

    I was backpacking in the Santa Cruz mountains one time and my friend and I went on a night hike, when we got back a masked bandit was trying to get away with our bottle of Jack Daniels by holding it with his front hands and dragging with his hing feet.  I've never seen my friend run that fast.

  13. 8/21/2009 Miles F. says:

    hing=hind me no write so good

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    8/21/2009 gwynnie p. says:

    our very own timothy treadwell

  15. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Distemper is actually more common in raccoons than rabies is.

    You know how I know that?  Because when I lived in Twin Peaks we had a doggie door for the kitties and one day I heard my cats growling and hissing in the bedroom, and I went in and there was a huge raccoon propped on the edge of my black leather Arne Jacobsen chair, wobbling back and forth with a crazed look in it's eyes, blood dripping from it's tail, which was no longer a full tail.  We were barricaded in our house waiting for Animal Care and Control to come and trap it.

    Those things will f*ck you up!  They fought with the cats and the cats were really scared of them.  And they don't run when you try to scare them.  They just look at you like, "f*ck you!"

  16. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Oh, and Animal Care and Control officer said that rabies is really rare, and that most wild animals in the Bay Area that are sick have distemper, not rabies.

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    can humans catch distemper?

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    8/21/2009 gwynnie p. says:

    a lot of yelpers seem to have it

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    8/21/2009 Uncle Fishbits Aeneas "My reviews are even more better" X. says:

    canine distemper is human measles?  

    Raccoons almost killed my dog twice.  One time he treed a coon and it peed on his head.  I swear I heard it laughing.

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    8/21/2009 Bobby H. says:

    Wow, cool

    I don't think you need a rabies shot. if he didn't break the skin. But it's not like you can just walk into the hospital and ask for rabies shots. They are supposed to be a very painful series of shots into your stomach. Just call your doctor and see what they say.

    Once we were stupid enough to dissect a dead bat when we were kids. Our parents flipped out and said we were going to die. haha,

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    8/21/2009 Edi "I'm so hungry I could ride a horse!" B. says:

    Carry pepper spray from now on!

  22. 8/21/2009 Clinton K. says:

    Rabies isn't that bad. It's kind of like a slow drip of crazy. You can actually travel through time (it's a complicated process) if you are bitten frequently enough.

  23. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Humans can catch distemper, but it's related to measles, from what I read, and most of us have been vaccinated against measles as kids.

    The raccoon on my mid century modern chair had distemper.  Animal Care and Control called me to confirm that they put the raccoon down.  I took my cats to the vet and they didn't catch it.  I had to get rid of the chair.

  24. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Rabies is fatal in domestic pets.  What does it do to humans?  But Distemper is treatable if caught early enough.  It's an immune deficiency disease, from what I read.

  25. 8/21/2009 BY E. says:

    At one of my lake campgrounds, the raccoons are relentless at night.  One trip the kids brought their air soft guns and paintball guns.

    When the coons started climbing down the trees, the kids opened up on them.  It only stopped their progress.  They didn't retreat.  They just stayed where they were suffering the airsoft pellets and paintballs.  Eventually we went to sleep and they proceeded to raid the camp.  As usual.

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    rabies is fatal to humans if left untreated. but very very rare.

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Melissa B. does not lie.  Oakland and Berkeley have some bad ass raccoons.

    Once when camping on Mt. Tam one of those fuckers waited for me to turn my back.  The moment I did he hopped up on the picnic table and grabbed my shortbread cookies.  Then, he had the nerve to sit right on the table right in front of me...holding a shortbread cookie in each little hand..taking his sweet time nibbling from one cookie to the other.  When I ran at him he hissed at me...the little fucker!

    I had to run and grab my pup, who took notice that someone else was getting the cookies instead of him, and when I picked up my furry little guy the raccoon made off with the ENTIRE BOX of Pamela's shortbread cookies.  Greedy little fucker!  

    ...and I hate the way these arrogant Berkeley raccoons skulk around town like they own it.  They have NO FEAR of cars, people, other animals.  It's like they know we are all passivist animal lovers who won't hurt them.

    *goes off muttering under breath about raccoons*

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    http://www.dhpe.org/in...

    How common is rabies?

    In the United States, rabies in humans is rare because most pets are vaccinated against the disease. Only 36 cases have been reported since 1980, 21 of them linked to bats. Each year, about 40,000 people receive treatment for bites from potentially infected animals to prevent rabies.



    Is rabies an emerging infectious disease?

    Yes. Largely eliminated from dogs by vaccination programs, the virus has re-emerged as a widespread problem among wild mammals, particularly raccoons, skunks, foxes, coyotes, and bats. There has also been a slight but significant rise in the annual number of cases in humans. From 1981 to 1993, the number of rabies cases ranged from 0 to 3. There were 6 cases in 1994 and 4 each in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Despite an outbreak of rabies in raccoons on the East Coast, there have been no reports of humans becoming infected by raccoons. Most of the new cases in humans involve bats.

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    8/21/2009 Mary S. says:

    Growing up we had cats. We used to leave the family room window open for them to come and go as they pleased. My mom would keep the cat food in the kitchem in a container with the lid screwed on tight. Well, there was a family of racoons living in the sewer across the street. They would come traipsing across the street at night, into the open window, into the kitchen and damned if they didn't unscrew the lid of the cat food at eat it all. This was a regular occurrence.

  30. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Yeah, raccoons don't take no sh*t from nobody.  They'll f*ck you up for sure.

    Jim, how did you eventually get the cooler back from the raccoon?

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    8/21/2009 Laura S. says:

    The bad-ass raccoons of Menlo Park own the streets at night.  Upper middle class garbage makes this the area a hot after hours dinner destination.  I have a fig tree in my back yard and at night I look out and see 12 glowing eyes up in the tree, followed by low growls...they killed my neighbors cat...mean mean mean wild animals, not like the cartoons!

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    who cares about the cooler???

    miles, did you get the jack back?

  33. 8/21/2009 BY E. says:

    Stephanie, great story.  That was just wrong!

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    This post violated the Yelp Terms of Service and has been removed.

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    at my last house in presidio heights, i was dog sitting for a friend's pit bull and had her and my big guy on the couch with me while i was reading and listening to music. there was a deck off the living room - with doors leading there from both the living room and the kitchen. all the doors were open. i heard a noise. i turned down the music and heard it again. i got up and ran to the doors and slammed them, then turned on the light and there were 4 raccoons on my deck!

    it would have been a really really ugly scene if i hadn't heard them before the dogs did.

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Budd, can you sense that I am still bitter about that raccoon snatching my cookies?

    It was 10 years ago.  Maybe I should let the resentment go.  = D

    Patricia, link?

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    8/21/2009 Marian "Momsie" G. says:

    The racoons in my backyard are afraid of me.  I would tell them to back off if they start fighting. and get my broom out.

    My cousin told me her mother-in-law feeds about 50 racoons up in the Berkley hills.  Now, that's crazy.

  38. 8/21/2009 Miles F. says:

    Yeah Suge, the little fucker dropped it and ran, but you could tell he hesitated for a minute.  He was picturing himself getting a bunch of females tipsy and getting freaky with his kinky black mask.

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    8/21/2009 Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    Zelda, I refilled the water bottle and hosed his ass good. He didn't budge and finally just meandered off. He looked over his shoulder once and just glared, like I'm gonna cut you if you come out here again. Ballsy little sucker.

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    8/21/2009 Rebekah "Cookie" T. says:

    That's scary as hell, I saw an possum in bernal heights a couple weeks ago and it freaked me out. Raccoon gangs are scarier.

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    *imagines Marian wielding her broom light a light saber at the backyard raccoons*

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    8/21/2009 Bobby H. says:

    they eat coons in Kansas

  43. 8/21/2009 BY E. says:

    yeah, Steph, I could feel the bitter resentment percolating beneath, barely, the surface.  It's OK.  The effer stole your cookies!

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    8/21/2009 Fannie "FoodieFan" S. says:

    Raccoons...not as cute as they portray them in cartoon animations.....

  45. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Jim,  Yeah, raccoons are the ghanstas of the forest creatures.  

    When I'd come home at night to our place in Twin Peaks I'd often see something like this:  http://1.bp.blogspot.c...  A family of raccoons all together on the fence looking at me like "go f*ck yourself".  I'd have to wait for them to sort of slowly take their time in turning around and letting me by.  They scampered when my boyfriend was around, though.

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    8/21/2009 Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    Yeah they are evil just look at this.
    http://slog.thestrange...

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Jim K. has nailed it...."ballsy little sucker!"  This is exactly what a single raccoon is.  A family of raccoons is like an Oakland street gang.

    Wiki says they only weigh up to 20 lbs....psssh...clearly they haven't seen East Bay raccoons.  30-40 lbs. easily!

    http://en.wikipedia.or...

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Poor Beagle!

    *shakes head with disapproval*

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    They cleaned off the persimmon tree in the front one year.. made a lot of noise doing it.. But since all those persimmons turning ripe, edible, and gooey, and then dropping all at once and massively splattering my front yard every year is a real pain in the behind for me... those guys actually did us a favor by cleaning them up before they fell..

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    You need some powdered coyote piss.

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    8/21/2009 Marian "Momsie" G. says:

    I have to admit, I love seeing the little baby racoons.  One year, I saw 5 babies and the male racoons would  tear them apart.  So, there were only 2 left after that Spring.

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    8/21/2009 Alexandra "find me at theTsaritsasez.com" N. says:

    Seriously, it's supposed to keep raccoons away.

  53. 8/21/2009 BY E. says:

    where can I get powdered coyoted piss?
    what if I just get a pet coyote?

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    alexandra uses powdered coyote piss as face powder.

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    8/21/2009 Tony "Tone" T. says:

    I prefer using organic, free range, far trade native american reservation made powdered  cougar piss

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    8/21/2009 Gio "Lemme hear ya say GO!" G. says:

    Funny you mentioned it.  

    Late last night I was chillin' for a minute at the Palace of Fine Arts.  We walked along the lil trail by the water in the dark and suddenyl right in front of us there were 2 HUGE Racoons with 3 little ones.  I suddenly stopped and told everyone quietly "we need to calmy turn around and walk back or else them big fuckers are gonna jump us." Racoons are very protective when they have little ones with them.

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    8/21/2009 gwynnie p. says:

    that explains the luminescent radiance of fair alexandras skin

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    20 minutes ago Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    Yeah they are evil just look at this.
    http://slog.thestrange...
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    That Beagle is a whore.

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    8/21/2009 Rebekah "Cookie" T. says:

    Maybe you were jumped into the Raccoon Gang....

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    8/21/2009 Patricia "Hon of Hons" H. says:

    I like to blast them with the hose - you should see them jump!

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    8/21/2009 Patrick "100% Pro-Occupy" B. says:

    I use to have pet raccoons at cabin we had up in Tahoe as a kid. The same family of raccoons there every year. They would bring the babies and everything. They were completely use to us so we'd walk out there to greet them and they'd come right up to us and very docile.

    I'm guessing the ones you ran into Tony felt threatened for some reason because generally they are pretty mild easy going animals.

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    8/21/2009 Kylie "president of the sweatpants club" L. says:

    what neighborhood were you in?

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    8/21/2009 G "the Thread Killa" L. says:

    Raccoons are viscious, frearless and diabolical....I've had many near encounters but never one such as that

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    8/21/2009 Alexandra "find me at theTsaritsasez.com" N. says:

    gwynnie p. says:

    that explains the luminescent radiance of fair alexandras skin
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    Works like a charm, and also keeps the creepies away. They don't like the smell.

  65. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Patrick, city raccoons are way tougher than country raccoons.

  66. 8/21/2009 BY E. says:

    A city dog wouldn't stand a chance with a city raccoon.  Now a country coon dog will do alright with a country coon.
    Raccoons are not people-friendly.  Patrick, you got lucky.

    Alexandra, the skin looks great, but could you maybe put a bit of hooker perfume behind each ear to help with the smell?  Not trying to be rude.

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    8/21/2009 Janet Z. says:

    I never had any bad raccoon experiences but my boyfriend was chasing back and forth a gang of raccoons at night at Fort Miley.

    My friend told me that he kicked a raccoon and it flew farr farr away, then it came back and he shot it with a pistol and it was still alive! haha I don't suggest that anyone go kick a raccoon cause my friend is a hardcore Marine haha and he had the balls to do it.  

    My other friend said that her mom's friend trapped raccoons and eat them. Haha she told me that raccoon meat is very sweet. I am not sure if it is true or not..

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    8/21/2009 Rachel "Vice Queen" R. says:

    if I wasn't a pacificst I would seriously kill a raccoon.  bitches!  I'm the late night reading a book with my headlamp as the fire dies camper, and the raccoons ALWAYS turn up and scare the crap out of me as they sift for food!  (sudden noises and glowing eyes in the dark!)  My crew always has it on mad lockdown, so they sniff around and give me a dirty look and leave.  Once we had a pineapple out on the picnic table and they sniffed and shot me this glance like wtf? a pineapple? you suck! they sure are ballsy, and they seriously are not afraid.  Raccoons are kinda like the wildlife mafia!

  69. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    When I was a teenager I had a blue nose UKC Pit Bull and an American Rottweiler. Pitt was about 60lbs at the time and the rott mightve been close to 130lbs....Heard a lot of savage growling and squealing on my deck so I ran to the sliding door and found my 2 dogs had a massive coon between them and they were messing with it bad...They saw me coming so my pit picked it up by its back and shook the hell out of it, then once she let it go my rott chased the thing down the stairs until I ran after her and got her back up on the deck. Coons are ballsy as hell but STUPID sometimes...

  70. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Janet,

    Your story truly turned my stomach and made me feel violently angry towards your disgusting piece of sh*t friend.  

    ; )

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Rebekah "Covered in Glitter" T. says:

    Maybe you were jumped into the Raccoon Gang....

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Now here is a woman who can look at things from a different perspective.

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    8/21/2009 Mr P. says:

    Those buggers are very crafty. When I was living at Irvine and 6th, on the second floor, I used to leave the back door open for the cat to go in and out. At night the racoon would come up the back stairs, come into the kitchen and ate all the cat food. Not just the ones in the bowl, but they would tear open the bags and spill everything all over the floor. Knowing they are mean and aggressive, my cat and I would stay in bed and wait for them to get their fill and leave.

    I am such a wimp...

  73. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Yeah, my cats used to run outside and watch the opossums that would eat the food on the porch.  The opossums would ignore the cats, but the cats were fascinated with them.  But the cats always stayed inside when the raccoons were out there.  Scary f*ckers.

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    8/21/2009 Patrick "100% Pro-Occupy" B. says:

    Janet Z. says:

    My friend told me that he kicked a raccoon and it flew farr farr away, then it came back and he shot it with a pistol and it was still alive! haha I don't suggest that anyone go kick a raccoon cause my friend is a hardcore Marine haha and he had the balls to do it.  
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    your friend is a piece of sh*t. no surprise he is a marine.

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    8/21/2009 Poochie "Rated M for Meaty!" M. says:

    I got circled by a pack of raccoons once.  Watch out they're mean!!!

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    8/21/2009 Patrick "100% Pro-Occupy" B. says:

    I was walking down Cabrillo one night around 1am and I saw this cat climbing the fence and I reached out to pet it and  it turned and looked at me....it was a raccoon. It just stared at me. I'm guessing the people that live in the house whose backyard the raccoon was trying to get into had been feeding it and it was use to people.

    I had another experience out at the Legion of Honor one night also around 1am and I went to park and there were literally around 60-100 raccoons out there blocking it. So I try to park in another spot and all the raccoons started surrounding walking towards the car looking for handouts but the people in my car started freaking out and made me drive off. I was going to get out and play with them LOL

  77. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    Patrick "I HATE twitter and everyone who does it" B. says:

    Janet Z. says:

    My friend told me that he kicked a raccoon and it flew farr farr away, then it came back and he shot it with a pistol and it was still alive! haha I don't suggest that anyone go kick a raccoon cause my friend is a hardcore Marine haha and he had the balls to do it.  
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    your friend is a piece of sh*t. no surprise he is a marine.
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    Hey Patrick, bet you wouldnt be saying that BS if our country got invaded and the only thing between you and the enemy were the United States Marine Corps. I dont like the wars we are involved with either but the Marines (along with the rest of our military forces) are only DOING THEIR JOB!!! You might want to redirect your contempt for the political figures who have placed them there as Im SURE the Iraq war wasnt started by a bunch of Marines sitting around the base begging their commander in chief to invade Iraq...I have family and friends in the Military and have had people I knew as a teenager die and get seriously injured in this mess of a war...people like you sicken me.

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    patrick, i don't think there's any reason to go making nasty slurs about all marines just because of one piece of shit. that's fucked up. you don't have to support war, but you really should support soldiers.

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    8/21/2009 Amanda L. says:

    Racoons get into our dog door sometimes if we forget to lock it at night. They get into the kitchen and eat all of the cat food and leave muddy paw prints every where/. Both times we slept through it.

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    8/21/2009 Craig M. says:

    Raccoons do not suffer from rabies but they carry it. I would watch out if I were you.

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    8/21/2009 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

    for all your 'coon tali needs:  http://www.yelp.com/bi...

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    8/21/2009 G "the Thread Killa" L. says:

    Raccons are smart as hell too

  83. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    Suge K. says:

    patrick, i don't think there's any reason to go making nasty slurs about all marines just because of one piece of shit. that's fucked up. you don't have to support war, but you really should support soldiers.
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    +100 Suge.

    Also not sure based on Janets story here but what if it was trying to attack him? If a goddamed raccoon came at me to attack I would do whatever was necessary to make sure I didnt get injured by it. I find it hard to believe dude just walked up to a random wild animal and decided to kick it and shoot it because it was minding its own business. Possible yes, but not very likely though...

  84. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Raccoons are the first wild animals that I learned to dislike, nay hate.  I used to find them adorable, but now when I look at their sneaky little faces I think "pure evil." Still I would never wish ill upon one, kick it, leave it for half dead or otherwise take pleasure in torturing it.

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Amanda L. says:

    Racoons get into our dog door sometimes if we forget to lock it at night. They get into the kitchen and eat all of the cat food and leave muddy paw prints every where/. Both times we slept through it.

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    If you can sleep through all that racket I suppose you should be grateful that something human hasn't crawled through that dog door, robbed you blind, and left you for dead.

  86. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    Zelda "Crumbelievable" K. says:

    Raccoons are the first wild animals that I learned to dislike, nay hate.  I used to find them adorable, but now when I look at their sneaky little faces I think "pure evil." Still I would never wish ill upon one, kick it, leave it for half dead or otherwise take pleasure in torturing it.
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    So with that being said would you then let one maul you, your children, or your family pet without intervening?

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    rick's right - we don't know the whole story. i'd kick a raccoon in a heartbeat if it were attacking my dog. or any dog. or cat.

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    but what we do know is that patrick's slam of all marines was completely out of line.

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    8/21/2009 david s. says:

    LMAO....we used to have those big ass ghetto raccoons in san jose too.   the size of a decent size dog (prob. 45 lbs).  hell, they'd walk down the street laughing at humans before scampering up a tree or phone pole.

    once in potrero hill, let hte dog out at night and shee got into it hard with a large ass raccoon.  I had to jump out my window (about broke my jaw as a missed a step and cracxked my chin on concrete) to sperate the dog from the beast and then took a clay flower pot to that bastard.  it didn't phase him but it was enough to discourage him to saunter off

  90. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    rick, yes, that's exactly what I said. exactly.  yes, we don't know the whole story, but the story was told with a glee that implied that it was a fun thing to do.

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    8/21/2009 SFJenn "Is in da room" L. says:

    What you took no pictures Tony?

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    zelda, you're putting meaning behind the telling of the story. i tell a story of my coworker going abalone diving and punching a sea lion while under water. and i laugh when i tell it. and think it's an awesome story. but it was self defense.

  93. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    I've always been an animal lover and had pets since I was like 4. But if any animal tries to injure another human being---unprovoked---it seems like pretty much a no brainer that no one could fault a human being for taking whatever action is necessary to defend themselves or others.

  94. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Perhaps the story was misunderstood.  I guess the lol and such made it seem like the raccoon was the victim in the situation.  I have seen people do some pretty horrendous things to animals, not in self defense, because they thought it was fun.

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    8/21/2009 Suge K. says:

    well, you know what they say about assumptions... hopefully she'll come back and clarify.

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    8/21/2009 SFJenn "Is in da room" L. says:

    But still no pictures.

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    8/21/2009 Edi "I'm so hungry I could ride a horse!" B. says:

    I have a raccoon hat.

  98. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    Zelda "Crumbelievable" K. says:

    rick, yes, that's exactly what I said. exactly.  yes, we don't know the whole story, but the story was told with a glee that implied that it was a fun thing to do.
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    Sorry Zelda, I misunderstood what you were trying to get across...   :o)

  99. 8/21/2009 rick b. says:

    edi "no I don't want to share!" b. says:

    I have a raccoon hat.
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    Are you by any chance a long lost relative of Davy Crockett? ;o)

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    8/21/2009 Tony "Tone" T. says:

    I am going to buy a raccoon banana hammock to spit that wiley pack

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    8/21/2009 Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    I forgot to mention that I had beer in my cooler and later, when I popped one open, foam shot out of it because that sucker had tossed it around. Karma for squirting that gangsta.

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    8/21/2009 Ken "-zo" F. says:

    I was walking down my street one night trying to make my way to the liquor store, and in the distance I saw what I thought was a bunch of cats chillin' on the sidewalk.  But they weren't cats cause they weren't running away from me and not fighting with each other.  As I got closer, I realized they were Raccoons.  Then all at once, they all turned their heads and looked at me, and started to all march in a line towards me along the sidewalk.  I stopped and thought about crossing the street, and when I did so, they started to cross the street.  That was really spooky.  I turned around and started walking away and when I looked behind me, they were getting closer and closer, picking up speed.  That's when I ran for it.  Raccoons are fucking scary animals.

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    8/21/2009 Yelper H. says:

    Raccoons don't mess around......steer clear when possible.  The ones that got you are probably not rabid, cuz if they were, they would not have left you alone.  You'd be a goner.  Very important to get a rabies shot within 72 hours if you think they broke your skin.

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  104. 8/21/2009 Account D. says:

    Ken, your story cracked me up.  Sorry.  : )

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    8/21/2009 Rebecca "eggshells" C. says:

    I pictured Ken's story with the raccoons walking on 2 feet, snapping their little raccoon fingers a la West Side Story.

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    8/21/2009 Dru "Stupid Gorilla" P. says:

    I blame rap.

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    8/21/2009 Lisa J. says:

    Wow look at these chopppers. You are lucky he didn't bite yer balls off.
    http://en.wikipedia.or...

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    8/21/2009 DANNY "DANNY BOY" B. says:

    man im not really scared of to much but one night when i was walking down my street i got surprised by a big ass muthafuckin raccoon and he was standing on his hind legs sizing me up i stopped dead in my tracks thinking he was gonna run away but to my surprise his ass made this sound from his mouth and started towards me... As i started running i was praying that i didn't fall like one of those white women in a scary movie... when i made it to my house i started banging on the door  for someone to let me in but through all of the commotion i forgot that i lived alone ...

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    8/21/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    People enough of these bully raccoons!

    You know it is bad when Danny Boy is running scared from them.  We need to unite and show these raccoons who is higher on the food chain.  They aren't scared of us because we are all running like squealing little girls from them.

    No wonder they are sizing us up, hissing at us, and trying to drink our beer and eat our cookies.  I say NO MORE!

    *shoves fist into air pledging to take a stand against vicious raccoons*

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    8/21/2009 Patrick "100% Pro-Occupy" B. says:

    Suge K. says:

    but what we do know is that patrick's slam of all marines was completely out of line.
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    The Marines tends to attract a certain type of personality type and puts them in a military branch that likes to mold them a certain way. The reputation they have is well earned and one that is not reflective of any of the other branches of military. Now that by no means reflects every individual that enters the marines it does reflect however a certain stereotype that the marines have come to be known by.

  111. 8/21/2009 Heme G. says:

    I do love it when those least in position to judge are the most self righteous.

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    8/21/2009 Patrick "100% Pro-Occupy" B. says:

    I'm in no different position to judge then say someone that judges "yuppies" Heme.

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    9/25/2009 Christopher "Hummingbird" L. says:

    funniest thread ever..well at least the first half.

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    9/25/2009 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

    The fact that Patrica's comment got deleted tells you something!  She was on FI-yah!

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    9/25/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Vicious, marauding, unrelenting beasts!

    DOWN WITH RACCOONS!

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    9/25/2009 Christopher "Hummingbird" L. says:

    Down with RACCOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  117. 9/25/2009 girth E. says:

    Toney Tone, when i read ur story, it reminded me of the commercial Jack Link's Messin with Sasquatch

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    9/25/2009 Pam "PAMDEMONIUM" S. says:

    Wild animal story FAIL

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    9/25/2009 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

    For using the cursed word FAIL again, Pam, you FAIL!!

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    9/25/2009 roxmarie "Inga Donut" g. says:

    urban racoons aren't completely wild. once I thought someone was breaking into my house over in the panhandle late at night. i called the cops and it turned out there was a huge hulking racoon out there scratching around the outside of the door.

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    9/25/2009 Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    Raccoon bites off man's manhood in rape attack
    http://blogs.app.com/s...

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    9/25/2009 Joshua "oh, here go hell come!" C. says:

    I used to think raccoons were cute and harmless.. but this is the second thread today about raccoons attacking a person and a dog. If I see a raccoon, especially in my hood in Oakland, I'm screaming and running the opposite direction.

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    9/25/2009 Pam "PAMDEMONIUM" S. says:

    When did FAIL become cursed?  I didn't get the memo.

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    9/25/2009 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

    I don't know, Pam- it's always been a peeve of mine, and thus cursed......I'm just passing time on Friday afternoon, girl.  You know I love you.

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    9/25/2009 from Yelp for iPhone Christopher "Hummingbird" L. says:

    Raccoon fail?

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    9/25/2009 Eryka "The Drunk Lover™" V. says:

    Raccoons are crazy muthfuckas, I experienced this once when I lived in Alameda

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    9/25/2009 s "in a NY state of mind" r. says:

    Jim "Hapa" K. says:

    Raccoon bites off man's manhood in rape attack
    http://blogs.app.com/s...

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    How drunk does a man have to be to think it is a good idea to *rape* a raccoon....or any animal, for that matter?

    That man deserved to have his member bitten off so he can't rape anyone/anything else.

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