Canada Racoon Pandemic: Raccoons Mauls 74-Year-Old Woman

[Silver Knight]

LAKELAND, Florida - Animal control officers hope to trap a pack of raccoons that mauled a 74-year-old woman who tried to chase them from her yard.

The sheriff in Polk County, east of Tampa, said Gretchen Whitted fell when five raccoons surrounded and attacked her Sunday. She was taken to a hospital with extensive cuts from her neck to her legs.

"We're not talking about a lot of little bites here," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "She was filleted."

A neighbor called for help after hearing the woman's cries and seeing her covered in blood.

Whitted was treated for rabies, though officials doubt the animals were infected.

Fire crews flooded nearby drains to drive the animals out, but none appeared. Animal control officers hope to catch them using cat food and sardines as bait.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33175101/ns/us_news-life/

Locke, what are you going to do?

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[Szenti]

Umm.. May I ask WTF?

By the way, they are so cute <3ß

:D

[Cobra]

Locke the Raccoon Bounty hunter...

[Locke]

Go with jesus brah.

[Silver Knight]

[Cobra]

Oh god Locke has turned to religion someone perform a exorcism on Locke

[Snowblind]

It's the woman's fucking mistake for trying to make WILD animals go away.  When you interrupt the life of a WILD animal, you're GOING to get mauled, and anyone who is stupid enough to ignore that deserves the hospital visit they get.

[Lucidius]

Racoons ARE cute. But yeah, we have alot around my house. They knock over my garbage and shit alot but what evs.

2 years on my birthday, it was one of the first sunny days in a while, and I was getting off of school, and I was exhited to et home.

I started running after waving good by to a friend, and after about 10 seconds of running, out of reflex I stopped dead in my tracks, with my foot in mid air. I looked down and found a dead racoon sprawled out on the ground in front of me. That set the mood for the rest of the day...

[Blake.H]

Locke: RACOONS STOLE MY GRANDMA*

*May not be trueLol!