Doesn’t explain anything . . . was she feeding them and did she run out of food? I’ve heard stories of wild animals attacking someone who tried to feed them and then had no more food. Animals want to eat till they are satiated and get grumpy if the food runs out.
Recall some child that got goosed by a goose for running out of treats.
The story is sparse on details, and I did not search for other stories. It seems odd that five raccoons would just willy-nilly attack a person without cause.
Awhile back, I had one raccoon (I thought) that just wouldn't be intimidated in the usual way. I ended up throwing a boot at it. It left reluctantly.
About 15 minutes later, I realized there were three babies in my garage. The dumb things were so scared they wouldn't run out the garage door, they just wanted to hide.
It took half and hour or better to prod them outside.
Not long after, I accidentally shut a young raccoon in my garage overnight. Made a mess and was heck to try to get rid of.
One home, when we had just moved in that evening, had a raccoon looking in our glass back door. We started feeding her..and her two babies. Two years later when we moved away, we were feeding 32 of them. They were so funny and each one had their own personality. I would go out onto our deck and sit and feed them animal crackers soaked in milk! They loved it. Besides messing on top of our wooden fence and making a little path from under the fence to our deck, we had very little problems with them, but had unmeasurable entertainment!