Beware zombie raccoons!!! Guess the state.

[bolverk 29717]

So this is how it begins:

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Robert Coggeshall was playing with his beagles outside his Youngstown, Ohio, house around noon Friday when he saw the raccoon.

The 72-year-old pushed his dogs inside as the raccoon fearlessly made its way right up to the glass door, and for a few moments, the animals sat face to face, fascinated with one another.

Coggeshall thought something was wrong with the raccoon, since it was out in broad daylight. What came next confirmed that. As Coggeshall left his garage to try to shoo the animal away, the raccoon stood up on its hind feet and flashed its sharp, white teeth and pink gums. Saliva dripped from its mouth.

Suddenly, it collapsed into a comatose-like state, Coggeshall said. It soon awoke from its lethargy, walked around for a bit, then got back up on its hind feet again.

“It was kind of startling,” Coggeshall told The Washington Post. “And it kept coming back to the house. It was at my door about two or three times.”

For two hours Coggeshall, a wildlife photographer and naturalist, watched the raccoon repeat the bizarre pattern over and over again. He took about 250 photos of the raccoon, which Youngstown police say is one of more than a dozen oddly behaving raccoons reported in the Youngstown area over the past three weeks.

Residents told police the behavior was strange, and have noted how the raccoons are out during the day and unafraid of loud noises or motions that would typically frighten them, according to WKBN-TV.

The raccoons’ behavior is so unsettling to some residents that they likened the animals to zombies, prompting headlines such as, ”Zombie Raccoons’ Are Traumatizing an Ohio Town” from Vice, which describe the raccoons as “staggering around like extras in a George Romero movie.”

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said the raccoons are likely infected with a disease called distemper, according to WKBN-TV. The viral, sometimes fatal, disease typically infects unvaccinated domestic dogs but can also infect foxes, coyotes and skunks. In 2003, the first known tiger reported to be infected with distemper wandered into the town of Pokrovka, Russia, and sat down, unfazed by the stimuli surrounding her, according to National Geographic.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/04/04/he-thought-something-was-wrong-with-the-raccoon-then-it-stood-on-its-hind-legs/?utm_term=.98742c80b843&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

[Chad Fuck 17777]

I guess they've never heard of rabies in Ohio.

[TwiceHorn 31536]

It is apparently distemper.

[Texas_Rocks 347]

Several years ago two of the MIL’s dogs(lab &. chow) got in a backyard brawl with a raccoon. They won the fight, but still got their asses kicked pretty good. That poor raccoon must have put up one hell of a fight.

I hate that shit!

[deadshank 24653]

At our joint in Uvalde when we see coons and skunks out in broad daylight they get whacked.  They’re nocturnal creatures and if out in daylight they’re most likely diseased and will behave erratically like the zombie coon in the article. 

Plus I hate coons and skunks. I hate their guts.  And their livers. 

Edited April 8, 2018 by deadshank

[Doc Holliday 199]

damnit Carrrlllllllll

[GringoSalado 1652]

I for one welcome our new Zombie Raccoon Overlords?

[demos 3011]

Nuke Youngstown. It’s the only way to be sure.

[1978horn 896]

8 minutes ago, demos said:

Nuke Youngstown. It’s the only way to be sure.

Then how will we get coaches to make fun of?

[The University 851]

we had a freaky distemper raccoon in our backyard awhile back. it was interesting to watch until it died by the ladder to the treehouse. kids wouldn't go near the treehouse for months. 

if a raccoon is acting weird in the daytime, just call animal control.

[HenryJames 66171]

1 hour ago, deadshank said:

Plus I hate coons and skunks.

Racist, imo.

[HornsOverIthaca 2335]

Oh, I was just kidding about the leg. I just need these two things.  No, I thought it'd be funny! Was it funny? No, wait, what'd he look like hopping around?

[Paper_jam 831]

Coming soon as a Netflix-produced movie.

Edited April 6, 2018 by Paper_jam

[El Diablo 4232]

6 hours ago, The University said:

we had a freaky distemper raccoon in our backyard awhile back. it was interesting to watch until it died by the ladder to the treehouse. kids wouldn't go near the treehouse for months. 

if a raccoon is acting weird in the daytime, just call animal control.

You're gonna need to raccoon-proof that treehouse with a spiral staircase. 

[Cousin Strawberry 1263]

Me and a buddy were at the lease sitting around campfire and a coon walked up and took a seat in-between us. It was less that a foot away from either of us.  It had zero fear of the fire or us.  We bolted a good 15 yards away from the fire and just stared for a minute. It was clear this thing was fucked up based on its gait.   I double lunged it with a field tip from my recurve.   It was on its way out and my buddy shot it.  Thought it was isolated incident.

Next morning we saw another one in the pasture in broad daylight that would walk and stumble at a 45 degree angle.  We shot him too.  We though it was rabies.   Looks like it was probably distemper.  

 

[Stunns38 3558]

Coming soon as a Netflix-produced movie.

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[elfenix 34332]

marvel's viral marketing is getting really good

[Crusher 127]

2 hours ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

Me and a buddy were at the lease sitting around campfire and a coon walked up and took a seat in-between us. It was less that a foot away from either of us.  It had zero fear of the fire or us.  We bolted a good 15 yards away from the fire and just stared for a minute. It was clear this thing was fucked up based on its gait.   I double lunged it with a field tip from my recurve.   It was on its way out and my buddy shot it.  Thought it was isolated incident.

Next morning we saw another one in the pasture in broad daylight that would walk and stumble at a 45 degree angle.  We shot him too.  We though it was rabies.   Looks like it was probably distemper.  

 

Coon cruised up to the camp fire,  probably just wanted a beer. You didn't have to kill him.

[Parliament 14296]

On 4/6/2018 at 11:21 AM, demos said:

Nuke Youngstown. It’s the only way to be sure.

Have you been to Youngstown?  A nuke strike wouldn't change it much.

[WBT 20669]

poor trash pandas

[Clintonaldo 2576]

Momma would just beat them off the back porch with a broom. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21921]

Your momma is kinky

[Amobie 58]

On 4/6/2018 at 9:09 PM, Cousin Strawberry said:

Me and a buddy were at the lease sitting around campfire and a coon walked up and took a seat in-between us. It was less that a foot away from either of us.  It had zero fear of the fire or us.  We bolted a good 15 yards away from the fire and just stared for a minute. It was clear this thing was fucked up based on its gait.   I double lunged it with a field tip from my recurve.   It was on its way out and my buddy shot it.  Thought it was isolated incident.

Next morning we saw another one in the pasture in broad daylight that would walk and stumble at a 45 degree angle.  We shot him too.  We though it was rabies.   Looks like it was probably distemper.  

 

Odds seem to favor it.  

[Parliament 14296]

57 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Your momma is kinky

Is she EVER.