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In the style of his friendly animal counterparts in Disney movies for decades, a kooky raccoon, who we'll call Scout,
was found in a precarious position—on top of a skyscraper in Chicago.
Who knows what strange treasure Scout was after in an effort to save the forest he and his motley crew of adorable friends lived in peacefully until the evil, anonymous lumberjacks came in. The woman who saw Scout couldn’t believe her eyes, but took a camera phone picture to prove that it really happened. Perhaps if she hadn’t made such a fuss his nutty seagull friend would have come by and carried him back to the forest.
The meddling human, however, did not see this obvious plot, and foiled it, perhaps resulting in another hour of animated zaniness. The woman, a construction worker, hailed “construction boss Tony Slavic” (boss??), who used tuna to lure the raccoon into a safe cage, and then let him go in the wild.
This is just another example of well-meaning humans setting back the well-laid plans of a bunch of animals without opposable thumbs. Either that or a rather lucky little animal now living his life out happily in a forest preserve. You know, whatev.
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I read about this in the paper. It was apparently living atop the 43-story building in a rooftop maintenance room, and was spotted several times climbing the construction scaffolding...
So you mean to tell me that whenever this little guy got hungry, he had to navigate 43 floors worth of scaffolding each way to find a dumpster?!! That is one industrious critter. The price one pays for penthouse-living with a great view, I suppose...
Maybe he just took the elevator, kind of like the pigeons that hop on the el from time to time.
Yeah, but...
How would he reach the buttons?
I'm wondering if the state will go after the guy who trapped the raccoon.
You have to have a license to trap & release the animal.
I wonder about the wisdom of dropping the animal off in a forest preserve. If this was a city-wise racoon, he may not be used to having to forage for food in the forest, rather than forage in Dumpsters. What is the reason for even trapping the poor guy, if he wasn't causing any problem?
I understand trapping, it's the releasing I don't understand. Them critters make nice hats.
Well, I was just being fanciful...
Although, if you think about it, the ground level button is the closest to the floor, and raccoons have a relatively long reach, so it would be possible for him to get down at least.
Getting up, that's another story. Maybe he DID have a seagull friend! The main obstacle would actually seem to be whether it could press the button hard enough. (Leaving aside the obvious, "Is it smart enough")
Talking about creatures makes me want to get down to North Pond this weekend to watch the rabbits, squirrels, birds and turtles.
Please, I implore you, for the sake of my sanity, don't say whatev again.