Oh, yeah, the raccoons.
Oh, yeah, the raccoons. So the motion detector on the back stairs/door suddenly kept going on and off around 11:30pm. Eventually, I decided that it had to be an annoying cat, or something. Wrong. A Very Large Mother Raccoon and Her Four Little Raccoons were sitting right by the door. Mom did not look too happy, but I put the drape back and just went and shut the windows. Because there are no screens (not that that would help), and they are just the right height for an adult raccoon to climb into (they are quite low). Boo stuffy night, yay no large furry visitors.
After a few more on/off things, I went to look and realized that mom had dragged the kids all the way up to my landing and the one above (this is like 5-6 stories of stairs, FYI) because they were apparently trying to avoid the people walking their dogs in the alley. Meaning mostly the dogs. People keep weird hours here. Eventually, mom decided the coast was clear and headed off down the stairs.
The lights kept on/off again so I peeked, and for whatever reason, only two of the kids had followed mom. Maybe they were scared. In any case, she didn't come back for quite a while and I eventually fell asleep in spite of the on/off (the two little raccoons would occasionally feel bold and run up and down the stairs between me and above and play with each other and then run back under the stairs and hide).
I got all bold this morning and went and checked and the two little raccoons had gone. Hopefully, that means mom came back for them.
After a few more on/off things, I went to look and realized that mom had dragged the kids all the way up to my landing and the one above (this is like 5-6 stories of stairs, FYI) because they were apparently trying to avoid the people walking their dogs in the alley. Meaning mostly the dogs. People keep weird hours here. Eventually, mom decided the coast was clear and headed off down the stairs.
The lights kept on/off again so I peeked, and for whatever reason, only two of the kids had followed mom. Maybe they were scared. In any case, she didn't come back for quite a while and I eventually fell asleep in spite of the on/off (the two little raccoons would occasionally feel bold and run up and down the stairs between me and above and play with each other and then run back under the stairs and hide).
I got all bold this morning and went and checked and the two little raccoons had gone. Hopefully, that means mom came back for them.
That sounds like an adventure. I hope all of the little ones made it with mom
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