the 68 charger, the militant racoon, and the local fuzz

[68blue]

Working on the car during the afternoon and my son stops by to visit. Visit goes on for a while and we decide to go into town for a beer and dinner. He drops me off back at the house about 2100 and as I'm walking up to the door a racoon appears out of the dark blocking my path. Nothing new here, the burbs are full of them but this racoon keeps moving to block my route to the door and acting agressive. Militant sucker eh? Draw my S&W 49 and put a 38 in him and he flops over. Go inside, turn on the lights and figure I'll deal with the dead racoon tomorrow. Start working on the car and in a few minutes hear something knocking on the window. Look up and see a window full of faces in brown uniforms, lights in the background, uh oh. Go outside and am asked if I fired a gun, answer yes and show them the racoon tell the story. Some calls on radios, now they want to see the car up close so we go inside the garage and they make a lot of positive comments. More officers appear one notes that he thinks the racoon is not dead yet, boss officer say for them to go back out and finish it off, more shots fired probably confusing neighbors even more with all the lights going. I think the entire department is here now, not sure if I should scare up some refreshments, but they eventually get back in thier cars and leave. I sit down in the garage, think about going back to work on the car but decide to call it a night. Car restoration is one new experience after another I'm learning.

[GT]

LOL... maybe you should your project the "Bandit" now... 

[bakerhillpins]

Awesome! 

This story just made my day today. Thanks 

[UH60L]

Great story. I printed it and showed to the guys at work, and we all had a good laugh.

I guess you don't live far enough out in (or out of) the burbs, hehe.   

[Ghoste]

Too funny, lucky the PETA didn't find out about the cops participation.

[Indygenerallee]

  Gotta love coons I shot one out on the front porch the other night trying to get in the garbage, .22 in the dome and thats all she wrote!!

[XS29LA47V21]

  Thats funny, exchanged words and took care of business.   

Might not have been a bad idea to befriend the law with beverages for future convenience of hammering around town as the local loco coon shooting Charger guy

[HOTROD]

Fresh dinner ! 

[hatersaurusrex]

Dude you did the right thing.  Raccoons should be naturally wary of people, if they aren't and/or are aggressive there's a good chance they have rabies.   I was out on my 2nd-floor porch one night a couple of years ago and a raccoon getting in my trash (who I was watching do it) looks at me, then comes right up the stairs and hugs my right leg gently.  I didn't see him come up so when I turn around and see this unafraid racoon, my first thought is:  He's not afraid of me, he could have rabies, which means he might jump on me and claw me up.

Anyone one here who has ever been coon huntin knows that those claws are nasty!

I backed away slowly, and went in the house and shut the sliding door.   I didn't have the luxury of having my pistol on me    Scared the bee-jezus out of me.   My wife said 'You look like you've seen a ghost' and I said 'no, just a coon'

[Ghoste]

I agree with you, especially on one coming right up to you, but we have moved into their territory so much that if you are on the edge of town anymore, they are getting not too wary.  They are adapting to the new environ we have created for them and the "city" racoons are not too frightened of us at all.
And yes, they are nasty customers.