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Park Slope Raccoon! — Brooklynian

Park Slope Raccoon!

icantdrive
icantdrive
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Tonight at about 11pm I was walking on 5th Ave at about 5th street and saw a giant raccoon running down the sidewalk! I have heard there are a bunch of raccoons around but I had never actually seen one until tonight. I know that they can be trouble makers, but im not gonna lie, I was pretty excited to see a wild animal in BK. It seemed to not care at all about all the people around. It took a right and headed down twds 4th ave. Anyone else see this guy?

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  • youbetcha
    youbetcha
    I saw a dead one on Prospect Avenue near the Key Food in Windsor Terrace
  • landlord
    landlord
    cool....
  • illig
    illig
    yep, i've seen a raccoon around 6th ave and 14th street a couple of weeks ago
  • santa
    santa
    I was waiting for the bus at 11th st and 7th ave and a pretty large raccoon ran across 7th ave towards 6th ave.

    also when I lived on Lincoln st by 8th ave I had some shirts drying on the fire escape and they disappeared. The next day there was a raccoon on my fire escape trying to steal some other stuff drying. wtf moment.
  • jonno12
    jonno12
    I live on 7th off of 4th Ave and I'm pretty sure there's been a fat raccoon snacking on my tomatoes
  • bluecat
    bluecat
    jonno12 wrote: I live on 7th off of 4th Ave and I'm pretty sure there's been a fat raccoon snacking on my tomatoes
    Mine too! Someone/something took a bite out of one of ours. We guess it was a raccoon due to the size of the bite.

    -blue
  • 10 inch bologna
    10 inch bologna
    bluecat wrote: [quote=jonno12]I live on 7th off of 4th Ave and I'm pretty sure there's been a fat raccoon snacking on my tomatoes
    Mine too! Someone/something took a bite out of one of ours. We guess it was a raccoon due to the size of the bite.

    -blue
    It was me.

    I'm sorry.

    Please leave out some salt and pepper though.

    SRSLY.
  • rosweed
    rosweed
    When I lived at PPW and 10th, there was a family of raccoons living in the roof of the brownstone across from my apartment. I never had the heart to give them up. Then one day I saw a guy setting out steel traps. He caught them all. I asked him what would happen to them. He said he took them upstate and let them go in the woods. I used to believe in the Easter Bunny, too....
  • simplypuffy
    simplypuffy
    I saw a squirrel!
  • joehill
    joehill
    i saw this guy on friday night while waiting for sandwiches at reis 100. totally huge and overweight, and not intimidated by people at all.

    my tomatoes are getting eaten as well, and i've seen a raccoon back there but am not sure if it's that or the squirrells.
  • stooplady
    stooplady
    Saw one this spring on Prospect Place between close to Carlton. Some guys from the Phoenix House warned me. Big, rolly-poly just waddling down the sidewalk. It was already dark The racoon just wandered in and out of each home entrance looking for open garbage cans?.
    Frankly, I don't want to get tooclose to the raccoons because they can have rabies.
    The funny part of the story was how these three big guys and little ole me walked up the middle of the street to avoid him :oops:
    Oh, and a week or so later, a raccoon must have dug a hole through our plastic cover on the garbage can. The garbage bag inside was scratched open.
  • raw
    raw
    Why worry about raccoons when you have Absolute Death?

    http://www.absolutedeathexterminators.com/rodent_raccoons.html
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    You guys should start a Yahoo Group!!! Wheeeee!!!!
  • west meets east
    west meets east
    Raccoons are dangerous.

    They will come in open windows. Their feces are extremely dangerous.

    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/baylisascaris/factsht_baylisascaris.htm

    They do eat Cats and Pidgeons. I've seen it with my own eyes and they wiped out my SF neighborhood of every cat that was allowed to stay out at night.

    Best to call animal control if they hanging around your block.

    They are not cool! They pass very deadly parasites and harbor rabies.
  • zeebee
    zeebee
    Santa wrote: I was waiting for the bus at 11th st and 7th ave and a pretty large raccoon ran across 7th ave towards 6th ave.
    Huh - I'm close by and thought I heard one rattling my garbage cans over the weekend. Will keep my eyes open and contact Animal Control if I see it.
  • blkpetal
    blkpetal
    My Hubby and I had one try to get into our apartment at the start of the summer. It ate through our screen. We have a BIIIGG FATTY FAT FAT Cat who sat on the edge of our bed growling at it and we are pretty sure that kept this raccoon out. We were out to dinner and were freaked out when we got home.

    We tried to scare it off with noise, flashlights, a camera (got lots of photos), turning the lights on, and other things. It just kinda sat there looking at us like we were the main attraction in a zoo.

    We called 311 to get animal control - they sent the police who were polite, nice, kind and totally useless.

    Eventually he went away. He hasn't been back since.

    Get yourselves a guard kitty.
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