About 25 years ago, I was leaving to work in Florida at 4 AM, and as I left my apartment, there was at least a 70lb raccoon in my path.
I did a stare down, and the animal backdowned, but my heartbeat was going triple time.
it wasn’t raqbid then, you can’t stare down a rabid animal- they are nuts- and lose all fear but yes- racoons are very vicious animals- you don’t wanna tangle with one-