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Posted: Thu, 10th Oct 2024 10:33 Post subject: wOrLd NeWs

Washington state woman calls 911 after being hounded by up to 100 raccoons

https://apnews.com/article/washington-state-raccoon-invasion-cadf885cc7a4f2bd05e7755d448e7d8c

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Sheriff’s deputies in Washington’s Kitsap County frequently get calls about animals — loose livestock, problem dogs. But the 911 call they received recently from a woman being hounded by dozens of raccoons swarming her home near Poulsbo stood out.

The woman reported having had to flee her property after 50 to 100 raccoons descended upon it and were acting aggressively, said Kevin McCarty, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office. She told deputies she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago and it was fine until about six weeks earlier, when the number showing up went from a handful to around 100.

“She said those raccoons were becoming increasingly more aggressive, demanding food, that they would hound her day and night — scratching at the outside of her home, at the door. If she pulled up her car, they would surround the car, scratch at the car, surround her if she went from her front door to her car or went outside at all,” McCarty said. “They saw this as a food source now, so they kept coming back to it and they kept expecting food.”

It was not clear what caused their numbers to balloon suddenly. Both the sheriff’s office and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife determined no laws were broken, McCarty said.

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Posted: Thu, 10th Oct 2024 11:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Thank you, that was very thoughtful of you. If you'd just do it every time from now on eh? I wonder where that army of raccoons came from... Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! "The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer

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Posted: Thu, 10th Oct 2024 11:21 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

And playing with some online AI text-to-image generator: They're getting really good. Could probably make a pretty fun comic with generated images. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! "The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer

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