[Howie]

I had several of them on my roof one night, ripping off the shingles to get in the attic. I went out and tried to throw rocks at them and scare them off.

The largest one ran down and threatened to jump down on me, I went inside and came back with a .22 and plugged him.

He screamed like a dying woman for about 15 minutes, all neighbor's lights came on, (I live in town) cops were called, searched the neighborhood with spotlights, I stayed hid 'til daylight, buried coon in flower planter.

Close call!

[Henchster]

You should have hit that varmint with something more lethal....

Now, the neighbors MAY call the police saying there was a HUGE EXPLOSION next door, but when the police show up, and you have it already locked up in the safe, you can say "What explosion? Oh, her? She's in the sauce again."

[AppyPappy]

They make good compost. They get in my garage to go after the cat food. I sic the dog on them.

[Trust but Verify]

This is a great thread. Good thing I'm not incontinent or I'd be out buying a new desk chair in the morning.

On a more serious note, my sister is hand-raising a baby raccoon at this very minute. His name is Jimmy, how cute. Apparently his mother ended up as roadkill and my darling nephew brought home the little orphan.

I'll have to email this thread to her.

[Attillathehon]

Raccoons got into my attic one night and woke me up screaming at 3:00 a.m. They sounded like a bunch of cats fighting. The entrance to my attic is right in my bedroom and it scared the H&*^ out of me. They had gotten in through a broken vent and went out the same way. At 5:00 a.m. we were in HOme Depot buying new vents and replaced them all the same day. My neighbor wasn't so lucky. The got into her walls and nested there. One died inside the walls and the smell was awful. They had to break through the walls and exterminate the place. A real mess!