Raccoon invasion
Raccoons swarmed around a woman's home after she fed them for nearly four decades. The unidentified woman from Poulsbo, Washington State, USA, was urged to call the cops after she woke up to an invasion of racoons on 3rd October.
Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reported that she began feeding the animals outside her home 35 years ago. Then six weeks ago, the raccoons began showing up in her backyard one by one, until earlier this month, she looked outside to find almost 100 of them demanding food.
Video: @kitsapcountysheriff/Newsflash
Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reported that she began feeding the animals outside her home 35 years ago. Then six weeks ago, the raccoons began showing up in her backyard one by one, until earlier this month, she looked outside to find almost 100 of them demanding food.
Video: @kitsapcountysheriff/Newsflash
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00:00A woman near Polsbo who's been feeding raccoons living around her home for almost four decades
00:05found herself surrounded by nearly 100 of the animals on October 3rd and that's when
00:11she called for help.
00:12Kitsap County Sheriff's deputies came to her rescue after she was forced to run away in
00:17her car to escape the furry and very hungry creatures.
00:21So 35 years ago you first started feeding raccoons and then what all of a sudden did
00:25it explode like this?
00:28Six weeks ago.
00:29The woman says the raccoons often surround her day and night demanding food and she says
00:34she's been quoted prices as high as $500 per raccoon to trap and relocate them.
00:42Deputies referred her to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to help find
00:46a solution to her pesky problem.