Posted on 06/12/2018 7:07:14 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Forget Spider-Man. St. Paul has Spider-Raccoon.
On Tuesday, a mottled brown raccoon, originally stranded on a downtown office building ledge on 7th Street, proceeded to escape to the roof of the two-story building, then climbed another 20 stories up the side of the nearby UBS tower, as people gathered on the street below The raccoon's quest became kind of a celebrity cause by late afternoon.
Hollywood director James Gunn, whose movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" featured a hero raccoon, offered to donate $1,000 to charity in the name of "anyone who saves this raccoon. I can't handle this. Poor dude."
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Ohhh.....
I wondered what Al Franken was doing these days.
Franken appears to be the type, that has difficulty using the stairs to the third floor?
High brow, low brow, intermediate
Make believe they're all collegiate soon,
To do the Raccoon!
Raccoon rappel?
Raccoon parachute?
A raccoon drone...?
Okay, call the hook and ladder!
+1
It looks tired, thirsty and hungry - and afraid. I think their instinct is to go up when frightened. Someone should have put a trap with food and water on the first roof.
You forgot one thing; raccoon teeth.
And they use them, often.
Also, I might add, Tyrolean traverse and a mini Wall Womb.
Moot. Seems he finally made it to the roof. He’s being credited with a First Ascent!
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