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They always looked angry to me. Suspicions confirmed.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018653734_raccoons11.html
That happened in a place that I run rather frequently. We do trail races in there occasionally too.
Crazy stuff.
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."
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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 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.
True, true. Raccoon/dog fights don't always go well for the dog. Lady should have been in better control.
Raccoons are kind of low to the ground, but the big ones are knee-high (on me) easy. I can see something knee-high and 35 pounds moving with force, knocking me down. Especially if I'm on an unstable surface. Double especially if it 2-4 of them are working together.
Maybe they climbed on each other's backs in a big raccoon stack and pushed her from chest level. Saying nyuck nycuk nyuck.
Then again, I can also see getting flustered and falling on my own ass and claiming "the raccoon did it". Heh.
I wasn't there.
Raccoons still creep me out.
Here's the lady and the dog. Rabies shots are in her immediate future.
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.
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