Posted on 03/21/2026 9:25:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Vermont fire department came to the rescue of a raccoon that got its head stuck in a peanut butter jar before fleeing to a high branch in a tree.
The Shelburne Fire Department said on social media that firefighters were tipped off to the raccoon's predicament by Shelburne Water Department personnel.
"Upon arrival, crews located the raccoon approximately 25 feet in a tree. It appeared to have had a little too much luck finding the peanut butter, but not quite enough luck removing the container afterward," the post said.
Firefighters used a ladder to reach the raccoon's position and were able to use a snare to pull the jar from its head, "restoring the raccoon's vision and, to some extent, its dignity."
The department said the incident should serve as a reminder to residents to properly dispose of trash.
"No injuries were reported, aside from a notable hit to the raccoon's pride," the department said.
Shortly before that incident he was overheard telling his friend ‘hold my fermented trash reclaimed watermelon and watch this.’
“Call to Officer Tackleberry, please pickup the white courtesy phone”!
If it had been a raspberry jam and peanut butter combo it wouldn’t have gotten stuck.
Pretty funny video- cant tell if,the coon likes the bath or is in agony lol
They can swim like a muskrat. Like water and will drown a good coonhound in a river. I think he’s just mad they’re using soap. Young ones are interesting pets but the older they get the meaner they get. Like my wife. Never say that stuff till after dinner or plan on sleeping in the barn and making yourself a sandwich. 😛
Sort of reminds me of Xi Jinping. I mean Winnie the Pooh.
He probably never sees an ear of sweet corn in his garden. They come in shuck it down, if it ain’t ready the move to the next ear. I grew up in northwest Missouri. There it’s a contest about who eats the sweet corn. I trapped them and coyotes when fur prices were good back in the 70’s. They are an interesting critter. We called squirrels yard rats and coons bandits and enjoyed possums playing dead. I had a great childhood hanging out with nature. Now I feed yard rats, tease possums, and snap pictures of the bandits. You do a lot of mellowing in your olde age. Thanks for the link. Regards
I trapped in the 80’s- got a few massive racoons. Prices were beginning to take a dive then beczuse of the no fur movement. But we still made pretty good money, mostly trapping otter, mink, fischer and fox. It was a great life being in the wild- wouldnt trade it for anyhting.
Hes go a longer video too- and talks about how most of them wil. Take off for other parts, and all new ones wil. Take their places. Said hes been feeding coons for 30 years. I wonder though if he ever got bit- probsbly. Id be too nervous thst some wou,d have rabies thohgh. Backmin maine, lots of rabbies their for some rrason
It’s all fun and games until rabies enters the chat.
I grew up around all sorts of animals In Missouri. I have never been worried about rabies. Our pets were vaccinated, we knew the symptoms and didn’t mess with rats, bats, skunks, etc. you can’t handle living with animals stay away from them. Rabid animals exhibit symptoms. When you grow up learning them you know. You’ll meet more rabid people than animals. IMO
>>>Check this guy,out- these are wild racoons too<<<<
Yikes. “Wildlife” in quotes, like I’ve got around here, hah.
I don’t ever intentionally entice the raccoons though. Last year I had a set of quadruplets that would have been just like the critters in the vid if I’d let them.
Didn’t encourage them, but they kept watch and learned pretty quickly that I was putting out bird seed and feeding peanuts to the needy turkeys and squirrels...
I’d head out the door and the lil tots would come up to me, surrounding my feet. Even would perch over a gate door they’d knew I’d be passing through. Where’s my snack?!!
(What was momma teaching them? See that human over there? Easy mark!)
Then one day... all gone. Didn’t hear any shooting in the ‘hood, and hard to think they’d all get disappeared at once. I kind of figured they’d found a willing sucker er buddy like that guy in the video. Yay!
Generally they never cause a problem, and every summer I do enjoy watching the pool parties that the little ones have in the birdbaths, packed in all at the same time.
As for squirrels, one in particular knows to knock on the kitchen door for peanuts. Very polite, correctly anticipating that I’ll answer the door right away.
“Wildlife” really do have individual personalities. Deer, squirrels, chipmunks, turkeys, jays... all kinds of entertainment out there for the chilled “talk to the animals” types.
I prefer the method used by Tackelberry when he shoots the cat out of the tree.
https://youtube.com/shorts/38UiKWUbfTQ?si=ALgd156gEElPElz8
Or this one
https://youtu.be/uTuH5sTfhdk?si=t1Gpad4BCKfQL2hj
When I used to coon hunt and the dogs would tree them, we would climb the tree and shake it down. Problem was the raccoon would get excited and pee all over us from their higher position in the tree.
I still have my traps. Best survival tools available.
I found that by staking a conibear trap down and putting it in a field by the river with a small piece of field corn on the prongs, it was easy to catch geese.
Sure was painful reaching through the ice on an underwater hole set and have it go off on your hand. I’ve even caught fish in muskrat hole sets.
Yes a 22lr would have been much cheaper and faster.
Coons are varmints.
“The department said the incident should serve as a reminder to residents to properly dispose of trash.“
If they are implying that someone should have put the lid on the jar before disposing, a raccoon could probably unscrew it.
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