Raccoon Climbs Into Crib, Bites Baby - Plus new PETA campaign (2 for 1 story)

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[chance33_98]

Not sure I can post that pic from peta here - Traci Bingham isn’t shy about revealing body parts Makes me want some meat though!

[chance33_98]

this too

Venice, Fla. — Although Gunther Gebel-Williams has been dead one year and his son, Mark Oliver Gebel, has meanwhile been found "not guilty" of causing suffering to an elephant hit with a heavy bullhook, animal activists want it remembered that the elephants used in Ringling’s performances are still trained in traditional ways, with severe beatings, and they are angry because Ringling is still using Gebel-Williams’ name to collect money to exploit more elephants. Armed with videotape of Gebel-Williams wielding his bullhook and a video of one of Ringling’s other old trainers’ beating methods causing elephants to scream in fear and pain, a PETA activist, dressed like the devil, will literally dance on Gebel-Williams’ grave, holding as sign that reads, "See You in Hell, Elephant Beater."

[gcruse]

Martha Stewart's Tip for CoonProofing

* change the frequency code for
  your garage door opener regularly,
  as raccoons are good guessers.

* make sure your online computer
  passwords contain some capital
  letters and numbers.  Never use
  your birth year!  Raccoons are
  very clever.

* don't be too quick to use the
   dust cloth when cleaning house.
   Let things get a little dirty.
   Raccoons wash their food before
   eating and the sound of running
   water in the kitchen/bathroom
   is an excellent coon alarm.

[chance33_98]

Does not look like Trafficant read that, one is on his head.

[hole_n_one]

LOL.........

[Jhoffa_]

No lie.. This is what happened.

It's like 1:30 am and I am cleaning the garage.. I have one of those brown plastic Runpke dumpster trash cans pulled up the the door and I am throwing stuff in it.

I hear a noise and I grab my club and ease outside to see what's up..

I look and there is stuff (the stuff I just put in there) FLYING up out of my trash can.. (So, I am pissed)

I ease up on the can and there is a big ole' fat racoon in there throwing stuff around (and OUT, and UP..)

I growled at him and he decides to leave, but he isn't scared.. He climbs up on the back of the can slowly and prepares to jump off in the opposite direction.

So, being the mean spirited (and angry cause he tossed out all my stuff) person that I am, I blasted him across the butt as hard as I could with my club. BLAM! Right on the keyster.

He just turned, looked at me.. paused, jumped and walked (did not run) out and dissapeared into the woods.

I was tired and went to bed, then next morning when I came out I saw that that coon had come back to the garage and pooped right on the spot in the floor where I was standing and took great pains to smear it all around with it's paws till I swear it was a spot a couple of feet large.

He must have been eating berries or something cause it stained my concrete. It's still there to this day. Ther was a cylinder head on the workbench and he pooped in that also.

And later, then when I left the window down on the car once overnight he peed in my drivers seat!

[chance33_98]

Midnight ping

[mafree]

ping!!

[MeekOneGOP]

OUCH!

[MeekOneGOP]

oh, yeah.......your link. hehehe

[Gun142]

The raccoon climbed in the child's bed and bit him. The child has three stitches because of the attack.

"We've got to get them before they get us." -'Hill Street Blues'

[Gun142]

Holly Maxwell holds her son, Trent, who still bears
the mark of the raccoon that crawled into their
home on Crouse Street and attacked him in his crib
on Friday, July 12th. Trent is 20 months old.

Link to local paper

[Terriergal]

That kid is SOOOOO lucky he wasn't killed!

I just posted something on another forum... wild animals, especially predators and omnivores, who are too comfortable with human presence are inherently DANGEROUS. If they are coming into human presence without fear, they are either sick, or TOO comfortable, and need to be dispatched before someone gets hurt.

[Terriergal]

Geez that's sickening.

[Terriergal]

"we've got to get them before they get us"

I hear ya.

[Terriergal]

ROFL!!!

[Terriergal]

Next time blast him with something with a little more kick to it.

[Guillermo]

I despise racoons. Very few animals are as disgusting as they are.

They are pests and should be treated as such.

[Conservative til I die]

In lower Westchester County, NY we've got tons of small wild animals. The raccoons and the skunks are always seen at my girlfriend's sprawling complex of garden apartments. I had a raccoon living under my deck, trying to get in to the basement window until I sprayed bleach where the racoon liked to sit. I've also heard moles scratching against the walls from the outside underground. Deer make an occasional appearance on the side streets and wild turkeys too! Then there's the usual stray cats, possum, and hedgehogs.

[Crowcreek]

"Give up the binkie and no one gets hurt..."