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So, do you want to hear something funny?
FI and I went camping last weekend. The first night we were there, I wasn't sleeping well because every little noise was freaking me out.
At about 2:00 in the morning, I was semi-dozing when I heard a loud noise. I swore it was a bear it was so loud (plus I was paranoid about seeing a bear). I smacked FI to get him to wake up. He listened for a minute, then took out the flashlight and shone it through the tent to see what was going on.
What he saw was an adolescent raccoon. He said it had bag in its mouth, but he couldn't tell what it was. It looked at him, scampered a few feet, then looked at him again. At that point, another raccoon (the accomplice) creeped out from behind the cooler. The 1st raccoon headed to the end of the pavement parking spot, looked back at FI, and they both left.
FI got out of the tent to make sure everything was in order. He said he didn't think the bag that raccoon had in its mouth belonged to us. He checked the cooler and everything seemed to be in place.
He moved some stuff around so that no other pilfering animals would bother our stuff, then came back to the tent and said our bag of cheese and butter was gone (a pound of each, mind you)! He said the one raccoon must have lifted up the cooler lid while the other raccoon stole our food!
Those thieving bastards even came back the next night around 1:30 AM with their black masks on. I was in the shower and FI was sitting around the fire. The degenerate raccoons were making their cutesy little noises around where our cooler was the previous night (FI had outsmarted them and put the cooler in the car). He scared them up a tree, and they came back down about 30 minutes later after we had gone to "bed."
We had hot dogs for breakfast the next morning since I didn't have the cheese or butter to make my McMuffins.
Isn't that crazy? I never thought raccoons were so smart!
Have you ever had an encounter with a raccoon or do you have a funny camping story to share?
At about 2:00 in the morning, I was semi-dozing when I heard a loud noise. I swore it was a bear it was so loud (plus I was paranoid about seeing a bear). I smacked FI to get him to wake up. He listened for a minute, then took out the flashlight and shone it through the tent to see what was going on.
What he saw was an adolescent raccoon. He said it had bag in its mouth, but he couldn't tell what it was. It looked at him, scampered a few feet, then looked at him again. At that point, another raccoon (the accomplice) creeped out from behind the cooler. The 1st raccoon headed to the end of the pavement parking spot, looked back at FI, and they both left.
FI got out of the tent to make sure everything was in order. He said he didn't think the bag that raccoon had in its mouth belonged to us. He checked the cooler and everything seemed to be in place.
He moved some stuff around so that no other pilfering animals would bother our stuff, then came back to the tent and said our bag of cheese and butter was gone (a pound of each, mind you)! He said the one raccoon must have lifted up the cooler lid while the other raccoon stole our food!
Those thieving bastards even came back the next night around 1:30 AM with their black masks on. I was in the shower and FI was sitting around the fire. The degenerate raccoons were making their cutesy little noises around where our cooler was the previous night (FI had outsmarted them and put the cooler in the car). He scared them up a tree, and they came back down about 30 minutes later after we had gone to "bed."
We had hot dogs for breakfast the next morning since I didn't have the cheese or butter to make my McMuffins.
Isn't that crazy? I never thought raccoons were so smart!
Have you ever had an encounter with a raccoon or do you have a funny camping story to share?
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Re: So, do you want to hear something funny?
Look how crazy THIS raccoon is....LOL:
My only funny camping story is from when I was little. My parents and their friends rented a cabin and one night they took us "snipe" hunting. They explained that snipes were small furry creatures that would run down trees if you banged the tree with sticks. My sister and I took garbage bags and sticks to catch and release the snipes, and started banging on trees in the middle of the dark.
All of the sudden, a snipe ran down into my bag and I hurried and closed it. My dad grabbed the bag and it was shaking around in the bag and I started crying that he was going to accidentally kill it.
So, of course, it was all a trick that my parents decided to play on us by throwing a rock into my bag. It backfired though because I bawled my eyes out haha.
They have all kinds of funny stories about him. He figured out how to get the cap off the toothpaste and used to "write" all over the bathroom with it. He was so naughty.
[QUOTE]I love that you called them "degenerate" and "thieving bastards". I giggled.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]
They were fitting descriptions. I promise.
We are really careful with our food when we go camping though. It all gets locked in boxes or coolers and then locked in the car. We've never had issues with animals getting to it.
[QUOTE]The last time we went camping BF's brother was pretty sure the squirrels around our camp ground were conspiring to wage war on us. They did keep throwing things at him. We are really careful with our food when we go camping though. It all gets locked in boxes or coolers and then locked in the car. We've never had issues with animals getting to it.
Posted by bethsmiles[/QUOTE]
Beth - the conspiring squirrels are hilarious!
FI was so surprised this happened. He's been camping his entire life and has never had something like this happen before. We've even been to the same campground previously and had no problems. I guess these animals get smarter and less afraid of humans the more they're around them.
We will definitely take more precautions next time.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: So, do you want to hear something funny? : Beth - the conspiring squirrels are hilarious! FI was so surprised this happened. He's been camping his entire life and has never had something like this happen before. We've even been to the same campground previously and had no problems. I guess these animals get smarter and less afraid of humans the more they're around them. We will definitely take more precautions next time.
Posted by SKP82[/QUOTE]
I definitely think the animals are getting smarter! Especially at actual campgrounds (as opposed to just picking an area off the road). They are around people so much they are bound to pick some things up!
I wonder what they did with a pound of butter? I can't imagine they felt to good after eating that!
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: So, do you want to hear something funny? : I definitely think the animals are getting smarter! Especially at actual campgrounds (as opposed to just picking an area off the road). They are around people so much they are bound to pick some things up! <strong>I wonder what they did with a pound of butter? I can't imagine they felt to good after eating that!
</strong>Posted by bethsmiles[/QUOTE]
I suspect in a decade or so the raccoon population will be plagued with heart disease. And/or other diseases brought on by eating overprocessed human foods.
So naieve...
A few years back a racoon came up on our back deck. I went to go smoke a cigarette and it scared the bejebus outta me. I ran back in the house and grabbed a bunch of cans from the recycling bin and started chucking them at him all while hissing and growling at him. I do believe it was then that I officially qualified myself for the loony bin.
"His farts smell like Satan's asshole mixed with a skunk's vagina. But it's okay, because I love him." -CSousa