Damn racoons

tommymac · 11-07-2009, 12:11 AM

Are back, just not in my roof this time. I am out on the deck grilling some burgers for dinner. First I notice the light sensor on th epatio below was tripped, figured no biggie. So then I hear something in the tree right behind me ( we have a tree that comes up alongside the deck. And I see the beaddy little eyes and the bank robber mask. He climbs outof the tree and is sitting on the bench staring at me. I go back inside to find a weapon ( wish I had a pellet gun now) come out with a metal flagpole, this thing nonchallantly walks up to the garbage and starts looking for food. I took a few pokes at it and it backed off then sort of walked towards me, thing didnt show any agression whatsoever though. I hit it a few times and it backed off and went back towards the tree and climbed up into it. I went after him some more and he just meandered on down and was on his way.

I found it odd this thing had no fear of humans (much less me

) and even when being threatened/attacked didnt have any sense of urgency. If I could have gotten closer and had a better weapon I was def ready to kill this thing and it didnt seem to care.

Hopefully he got the message and wen tto look for food somewhere else.

11-07-2009, 12:11 AM	#1
tommymac Moto GP Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,022	Damn racoons Are back, just not in my roof this time. I am out on the deck grilling some burgers for dinner. First I notice the light sensor on th epatio below was tripped, figured no biggie. So then I hear something in the tree right behind me ( we have a tree that comes up alongside the deck. And I see the beaddy little eyes and the bank robber mask. He climbs outof the tree and is sitting on the bench staring at me. I go back inside to find a weapon ( wish I had a pellet gun now) come out with a metal flagpole, this thing nonchallantly walks up to the garbage and starts looking for food. I took a few pokes at it and it backed off then sort of walked towards me, thing didnt show any agression whatsoever though. I hit it a few times and it backed off and went back towards the tree and climbed up into it. I went after him some more and he just meandered on down and was on his way. I found it odd this thing had no fear of humans (much less me ) and even when being threatened/attacked didnt have any sense of urgency. If I could have gotten closer and had a better weapon I was def ready to kill this thing and it didnt seem to care. Hopefully he got the message and wen tto look for food somewhere else.