Raccoons seek revenge on jogger (Read 709 times)

They always looked angry to me.  Suspicions confirmed.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018653734_raccoons11.html

Glad the jogger was okay but...

1.  I agree with Animal Control that her dog instigated the whole situation and then couldn't back it up.  I've never heard of an "American dingo" but it sounds like a toy poodle to me.

2.  How do you get knocked down by raccoons?  That has to defy the laws of physics.  (I'm suddenly remembering another thread where I mocked the "lady running away from a monster and falling" meme in horror movies and someone said they could see how it could happen.  And, here's a real life example!  I shouldn't be so judgey).

3.  "Once they come to see humans as a meal ticket, they tend to become increasingly bolder just see humans as a meal."

I don't know about where you live, but the raccoons here are not tiny.  They can weigh like 30-35 pounds. No, also not bear sized, but I can see someone getting knocked over by one (or four) that's pissed.

 

This is the American Dingo.  Toy poodle, no, but also not a match for a pissed off family of raccoons.

I know they're not small but they are low to the ground, aren't they?  How do they knock you down vs. freaking out from encountering the pack and falling down?  I get the latter since I was admonished previously for not getting it but don't get the former.

American Dingo is pretty impressive looking.  This one started something it couldn't finish.

Maybe they climbed on each other's backs in a big raccoon stack and pushed her from chest level.  Saying nyuck nycuk nyuck.

 

That's what I was picturing in my head - raccoons jumping on each others backs to get leverage.

And then you show the picture and now I feel bad.

Okay, new rule: no mocking animal attack victims - real or imaginary.  Probably a good rule to have before now but better late than never.

This would have never happened if she was a runner.

 correct!