Yarp. I'm from coon country, too. They're all cute and cuddly and can be marginally domesticated like your average house cat when they're young enough, but too many damn fools don't realize how cranky and ornery they get once they get some age and a few gray whiskers on them. They'll get downright mean after several years, no matter how you bring them up. Combine that with them being
evil smart, and you've baked yourself a tin of Domestic Crisis Pie if you take one in like it was a border collie pup, and expect the same results.
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
My SIL had a family of them hanging around her house. One night, we decided to drop by there, but she wasn’t home. The family of raccoons greeted us. One of my kids was finishing up some chicken nuggets so we decided to toss one to them to get them distracted. It didn’t work for very long. They were aggressive and they ended up chasing us to our car. We’ve had them show up at our back door, but prior to that I never knew how hostile they could be.