From my open window, on the street below me, I can hear two people who have spotted a raccoon. They appear to be trying to make it scram but the raccoon is winning.
Now that the weather is warm, the little critters are everywhere. It's like they are the advance guard of a rodent army. I've been taking walks late at night the past little while and I haven't failed to see one yet. And not just in the regular spots like the annex and the park, but on some of the major streets, as well.
...now one of them is telling the other that the only way to truly kill a raccoon is to stake it through the heart so that it will not rise again. I did not know that. That must be why there are so many of them...
I even saw one in the financial district. I wonder if it was trying to put together some kind of deal. If I was a raccoon, I'd try to buy common shares of a waste disposal company, so I could have them deliver yummilicious garbage right to the door of my tree/burrow/whatever (probably a condo or basement flat, it it's in the city).
Now that the weather is warm, the little critters are everywhere. It's like they are the advance guard of a rodent army. I've been taking walks late at night the past little while and I haven't failed to see one yet. And not just in the regular spots like the annex and the park, but on some of the major streets, as well.
...now one of them is telling the other that the only way to truly kill a raccoon is to stake it through the heart so that it will not rise again. I did not know that. That must be why there are so many of them...
I even saw one in the financial district. I wonder if it was trying to put together some kind of deal. If I was a raccoon, I'd try to buy common shares of a waste disposal company, so I could have them deliver yummilicious garbage right to the door of my tree/burrow/whatever (probably a condo or basement flat, it it's in the city).
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Yeah, so what if they're reasonably attractive? They are stupid, arrogant, and mean (perhaps they have a future in American politics?). Every year, they take over this small pond by the neighborhood grocery store because they realized "Oh, some people will think we're cute and feed us" and some pinheads do. So, when you park your car, some of these giant poop machines walk up to you and look for a handout. I had to rescue the neighbor's little dog from their harassment...apparently they took a fancy to dog food, and one little bichon is not enough to fend off 5 sky rodents.
Oh, about the "getting busted" thing. It was more about wasting time than what I waste time with, but, still, I am now being watched.
My mom & dad have been irritated by them all their elderly lives (they grew up in far northern Wisconsin). When they retired and moved to Texas, they were horrified to find out they lived in a community where, well, ALL the Canada Geese spend their winters. Their poor dog is so frightened by these things that all I have to do when I visit them is put my arms out and hiss, and she'll run & cower (I love their dog, but it's still fun to tease her!).
We actually have a family of Cougars running around the river bottoms here, terrorising some of the more affluent suburbs. Black bears are a problem further up north. And, I am always amused by the annual story of the errant moose mixing things up in some northern town.
I wouldn't trade living in the snowbelt for anything! Between the occasional tornado, mosquitos, and nature run wild...its the best! I can, however, live without the army worms & mayflies.