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Raccoon attacks girl, 6, as she plays with friends
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Posted on 06/10/2002 8:41:48 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
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To: Pushi
"Have you ever seen a dog that tangled with a coon? "Yes. Not pretty.
As a kid I lived in a neighborhood where, on one side of me there was a man with a pet coon and on the other side was a family with a coon-dog.
The dog owners were always taunting the "coon" neighbor - telling him to make sure that his coon didn't wander out into the yard cause ol' Duke would "have him for breakfast."
One day, sure enough, I was playing out in my yard when I noticed the coon come out from under their bushes.
The coon-dog was across the street and when he saw the coon he immediately started running directly towards him.
I screamed and yelled and went runnng towards the coon - who was now stopped in his tracks watching the dog bear down on him.
I stopped running when the dog reached the coon.
In the blink of an eye, that coon was on the dog's back and his front claws reached around the neck of the dog.
He just peeled the dog wide open - the dog dropped like a rock. The coon continued on his way.
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posted on
06/11/2002 12:24:06 PM PDT
by
ez2muz
To: Dan from Michigan
Samantha said she was scared because her friends ran away when the raccoon attacked.
When I was six, me and my friends had each others backs.
These kids today are pansies.
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posted on
06/11/2002 12:29:27 PM PDT
by
dead
To: AppyPappy
Ive been live trapping for the past couple of months and have caught 2 possum, 3 cats and 1 coon. The cats I let go, the possum I drowned and the coon I released about a mile away.
Gonna start trapping again tonight. Whatever gets caught gets drowned.......;
Drowned? Yep, drop the cage in a 35 gallon cooler filled with water......
To: UnsinkableMollyBrown
".....They were a little concerned about this unseen nemesis, and quickened their pace. To no avail. They could tell that the animal was coming up quickly, though they couldn't see it in the darkness. Both of them broke into a run, with the coon close behind. They came out onto the road, and scurried home, breathless and relieved that they had got away from that terrible, stalking coon." Did they find a hook in the side of their car after they got home?
To: ez2muz
I saw an episode of "Wild America" with Marty-something hosting.
They showed a racoon being attacked by a mountian lion.
That racoon instantly turned into a threshing machine, and in the blink of an eye, the mountiain lion was trying to get the hell away from the racoon, doing several 4-5 foot vertical leaps, and finally running a full speed to get away.
Pound for pound, there can't be many tougher animals.
To: Destructor
Agreed that the animal was likely rabid. As others have said, we were taught (and we taught ours) that ANY wild animal that allows a human approach is dangerous, likely rabid. I don't care much for any of them around the yard, which is why we keep the yard dogs. Sure, they'd probably lose the fight, but the barking usually runs them off.
A newcomer to our area (in the last 20 years or so) is the armadillo. I'd never seen one close up until one night the dogs went wild--we saw it, trying to dig under the foundation of the house. It turned at the flashlight, and gave the ugliest, most blood-curdling growling snarl...Hub shot it, put on rubber gloves, and took it "away."
Another newcomer in the past 10 years are the black bears (they're cinnamon colored, not sure exactly what their name is, but everyone around here calls them "black bears." They'll eat anything edible around the place, feed, etc., but seem more shy than coons or possums.
To: Dan from Michigan
Thanks for the post.. this thread has some really interesting responses!
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posted on
06/11/2002 5:57:22 PM PDT
by
AM2000
To: zcat
Why? If you're not doing it for the fur what's the point.
Now a coon will drown a dog just like that, will climb right on top of their head.
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:07:59 PM PDT
by
tet68
To: HighWheeler
ROFL.
We have a racoon right now that knocks over the rubbermaid cans, looking for old cat food cans. He comes through the pet flap in the middle of the night... last year it was a pair of them. I already have rabies shots (from a bat encounter,) so I am the one who has to get up and chase the thing off.
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:16:54 PM PDT
by
SarahW
To: ko_kyi
Hubby hunts coon he's out right now with the dogs,he's always told us to beware any nighttime creatures out wandering during the day. The skins are'nt worth much anymore but the farmers appreciate him if he can take some out. As for the dogs tangling with the coon they like to work as a pack when they can to grab that rascal cause coons are mean they are mean as h*ll. He traps one every now and then down by the creek and brings it home for the pups to smell. Those coons will growel and hiss and I have seen the pups wet themselves the first time they see one up close.
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:18:01 PM PDT
by
linn37
To: rintense
"Now possums, on the other hand, are the devil's minions"
No not possums ! I have a nice little patch of strawberries growing in the yard but if I want to eat any, I have to buy them at the store. Did I mention I also have the fattest possum in Clermont County ? Yup, he can barely walk with his fat belly dragging on the ground.
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:21:07 PM PDT
by
SSN558
To: woofie
I agree that this is not typical of raccoons. They are pretty rough animals, but they don't ordinarily start fights for no reason.
It sure sounds rabid to me.
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:24:33 PM PDT
by
the_doc
To: HighWheeler
Only one I've heard about, but never seen, is the wolverine. Heard a story from an old timer about an encounter between a wolverine and a brown bear. The bear lost the fight.
To: Tench_Coxe
I've never seen a wolverine, but we have a critter in the south which is UNBELIEVABLY vicious, pound for pound. It's a nutria.
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:28:28 PM PDT
by
the_doc
To: AAABEST
I'll say they pack a punch. If you shoot a squirrel with one, there ain't much left of him after.
To: dead
Just think, if only they had been allowed to carry concealed, tragedy might have been averted.
I think a P22 would fit right into their little hands, and it wouldn't be too heavy or have too much recoil.
</sarcasm>
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posted on
06/11/2002 6:32:08 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
To: Tench_Coxe
I've heard similar stories about wolverines. They vary alot in size and appearance, as do bears. So I suppose a very large wolverine and a small bear would not be a fair fight.
To: Tench_Coxe
Yeah the wolverine is a pretty nasty little critter too. Of course these two have crossed paths in the past, I wonder who came out on top. I'll bet on the wolverine.
That racoon on "Wild America" got inside the mountain lions legs, and the mountian lion probably thought he had laid on a table saw. It was pretty damn funny to see the lion doing those frantic vertical leaps.
To: mamelukesabre
Found a little info with pic on the wolverine:
Wolverines
To: ez2muz
Do coons ever shreek and scream and sound like a small human child that is terrified for its life?
I live on the edge of a town and there are alot of hills and wooded areas and small creeks and streams near my house. I see coons from time to time. I don't usually use airconditioning untill it gets close to 100 and so my windows are always open. At night I hear all kinds of things....Dog fights, cat fights, etc. I've heard what sounds like a dog getting eaten alive before, and also I've heard what sounds like a small child screaming for it's life. I assume this is either a raccoon fighting a dog, or a raccoon fighting another raccoon, but I don't know for sure.
Anyone know if a coon ever makes sounds like that?
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