Scout and the City

By Alicia Dorr in Miscellaneous on May 4, 2006 9:07PM

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.