• Drunk raccoon II

    From digimaus@618:618/1 to All on Tue Dec 30 21:27:07 2025
    (I posted a story about this critter a while back. It seems he has a prior record...)

    From: https://shorturl.at/ox0pX (skynews.com)

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    Drunk raccoon behind liquor store rampage suspected of other 'break-ins'

    The comatose critter slept off his wild night at the local animal shelter
    but was later set free.

    Saturday 13 December 2025 10:17, UK

    Raccoon gets drunk after breaking into shop

    A raccoon that passed out drunk after running amok in a Virginia liquor
    store is suspected of two other "break-ins".

    Images of smashed bottles and the animal splayed out next to the toilet
    went viral last week - but the woman who found him has revealed the
    raccoon has form.

    "This is not the first time he's been in one of the buildings. This is the
    third break-in he's had," said animal protection officer Samantha Martin.

    "He was in the karate studio, I think he got into DMV (Department of Motor
    Vehicles) - ate some of their snacks one time."

    Ms Martin said the "smart little critter" had been removed both times from
    those businesses, which are in the same complex as the ABC liquor store in
    Ashland.

    "Each time we'd get him out - we don't relocate him - that's a death
    sentence for raccoons but somehow he knows how to get back in this
    building," she told local podcast Hear in Hanover.

    The comatose raccoon was scooped off the floor and put in a crate to "let
    him relax for a few hours" at the animal shelter - but was later set free. ===

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