The rabid raccoon

Remember the recent squirrel incident?

I have another one to top it.

This morning while waiting at the stop sign leaving our development, Braeden noticed an animal on the side of the road. At first glance I thought it was a dead cat and I told Brae to just look away and that sometimes people have accidents when they are driving.

He insisted the animal was alive and so then I was wondering do I need to check on it, does it need help?

Brae and I continue to stare at this animal. It was about 20 feet away from the Jeep I suppose ($1520 I have the Jeep back).

Sure enough the animal lifted its head. I panicked. I didn't want to drive by an animal in need. But then I realized it wasn't an injured cat, it was a raccoon. And each time a cart drove by, on the road I was attempting to turn onto, this raccoon was raising its head and showing its teeth at the cars. It was down close to the ground, maybe even on its stomach, but almost in a pounce mode.

I didn't think anything of it until I heard the traffic report on WJBR a couple minutes later. The reporter was laughing and he said, "I have never heard something like this dispatched before, but apparently there is a rabid raccoon harassing drivers off of route 72 this morning."

ROFL.

It's not funny. So close to home this could be dangerous for the animals, and I have a dog. However, the radio reporter said animal control was on the way.

Oy! Vey!

I haven't seen this reported anywhere for me to link to it, but I swear I'm not making it up. Just another morning drive to day care folks. =o)

Labels: driving, raccoon