Thank you for not hurting the raccoons. Most people see raccoons the way liberals see Trump. They believe every horrible thing they ever heard about him, and never view him objectively or with a sense of appreciation for the wonderful things about him.
Raccoons are, on average, much smarter and way nicer than most people I have ever met.
As for being such unrepentant thieves, it was God himself who decided that raccoons should wear the bandit's black eye-mask for life with a striped prison uniform hanging off their butt like they just escaped Levenworth.
If I had to choose only one companion for the rest of my life on a deserted island, I'd take a raccoon. No lie.
;^).
I've sometimes dropped the varmint at the interstate rest stop.
Plenty of stuff to munch on there.
And they so darned CUTE!
Not to worry; as there are PLENTY of these along any path they'd choose!