Social climber: Raccoon scales St. Paul skyscraper, captures internet

mpr news ^ | 12 June 2018 | Tim Nelson

[DUMBGRUNT]

Too mangy looking for a hat?

[EvilCapitalist]

I had a coonskin hat as a kid.

[BBell]

[DUMBGRUNT]

Is he related to the Black Panther?

[virgil]

I hope he makes it to the roof and cashes in on the cat food.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I never knew just WHERE the internet was. Probably been on top of that skyscraper all along. And now that it’s been captured by a raccoon, all the news will be slanted towards a raccoon’s point of view.

[BBell]

I don't think so but he has a cool friend.

[lee martell]

It may have rabies. All that activity during the daytime?
The sensible thing would be for someone to shoot it.

[Boomer]

Holy Rocky Raccoon Batman!

[doorgunner69]

Dat be racisssss

[redhead]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To prove to the raccoon it could be done...

Old Minnesota joke...

[Duchess47]

I hope someone has some kind of rescue plan.

[DUMBGRUNT]

And I just assumed the coon was a close pal of Alex Honnold? Another notorious free solo climber.

[Trillian]

Helllllooooo, human fly here! Aww, c'mon.. I spent all night dyeing my underwear.

[DUMBGRUNT]

He is not looking all that happy.

And he is definitely not fat and round like the ones in my neck of the woods.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Now that you mention it, that may be why my internet service was so slow?

After that raccoon captured it, the internet was using all of its resources to escape?

[MHGinTN]

A rabid Racci would not have enough strength/endurance to make that climb. Somebody open a can of tuna for that little huy! And give him some fresh water. Then give him a few oatmeal cookies ... my wild coons that ring my doorbell like oatmeal cookies.

[redfreedom]

Like someone else just said, it probably has rabies. Our property crawls with them at night as they are nocturnal. We live in the woods where all sorts of critters live, and have never seen one in the daytime. Occasionally a nocturnal skunk, never a coon.

It does not even look healthy. It needs to be put down.

[MHGinTN]

I had an emaciated Racoon Mama show up one June day at four in the afternoon. She was starving because she had five babies, which she brought to my feeding after they got old enough. That little mother became a regular visitor and she did not have rabies, as the next two litters she parented attest. One from her second litter is right now ringing the ‘doorbell’ to be given a handout!

[blueunicorn6]

Maybe he can get a job putting up decorations.