Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Baby Raccoons and Other Animal Tales from Central Bank




Alright so today at work we found 4 baby racoons nestled all snug in our stairwell with no mama. They were all one huddled pile/mass so I'm pretty sure they were terrified. We called animal control and they never came. They referred someone at the bank to the police department so nothing got done. We don't know how long they were in the stair well so we fed them some dog treats and they started to eat them. Then the little fuzzy things moved up to the parking lot under some bushes. Nate and Cameron went out to inspect and some lady and her daughter had gotten out of their mini van and were watching the raccoons. She and her daughter had towels and were trying to catch and gather the little dears up. So Nate and Cameron came in and got boxes and went to help with the hunt. They caught the first 3 pretty easily with the towels. Granted the use of a golf club was required. Not to hit them with, just to herd or nudge in the right direction. The last little guy put up quite a fight. It was trying to scratch and bite cameron. but cameron finally pinned up and got him in the box and in the back of the van. So If Cameron comes down with rabies, we'll know why. So good so far though The Little girl sat in the back of the van with the box of raccoons. Cameron and I were talking we so could imagine something off of Tommy Boy happening. You know that part with the dead deer coming back to consciousness in the back seat and ruining the car. Ha Ha.
This incident got me thinking of last year while the bank had construction going on for the new addition and a bird got loose inside. It zoomed across the whole building like an airplane. The sad thing is it kept running into windows head first trying to get back outside. Not just once, but repeatedly. OH good times. =-)

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