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Donna aka Maya Asked:

Has anyone come face to face with a raccoon in the middle of the dark night? what was your experience?

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Susan
Susan Answered:

Yes I have been taking photographs of the raccoons that come at night to eat my dogs/cats food.  I have caught them many times with their paws in the dog bowl.  The last photo that I took I was able to stand three feet away, I took the image about 2 am.  I hope you can view the photo.

 

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SunChaserWildlife
SunChaserWildlife Answered:

I have "bumped" into raccoons many times coming out the barn door as i was going in. Not sure who was more startled, them or me! Accidently cornered a few at times as well. I just talk softly and step aside and they waddle on out.

Raccoons are wild animals but unless they feel very threatened they are NOT aggressive. They just want to be left alone and are living in a pretty scary world for them. But they have totally kept our rodent problem down to zero, where 6 barn cats were doing nothing.

I can recognize a few of them now, the regular visitors. They find some left over food and don't bother anything or make any mess at all.

Never met an aggressive wild animal, only a scared one.
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Sylvian
Sylvian Answered:

There was a small family of them in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, facing the ocean, one windy night. We were doing some passionate things in the car, and two older/larger raccoons stood on hind legs to peer into the car. It was so surprising we opted to resume after befriending them with trail mix we had. They ate from our hands. We tossed some out for the younger ones.They were so cool & mellow in their manner..!

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n Answered:

You can get rabies from a raccoon.

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SunChaserWildlife
SunChaserWildlife Answered:

NJOY-  You have a far better chance at a great nature encounter :)

You can get rabies from any unvaccinated, INFECTED mammal, but only when the virus in that mammal is in the encephalytic phase of the disease. You'll have to hurry and get bit by it during this phase, as it won't live another week or two.

Point is, rabies is VERY hard to get. It's not airborne, and only contagious for a tiny window of time. If all the animals were the risk the non-animal experts claim? They would all be dead (so would we).  

13 people a year die from vending machines. Our wildlife is just not a 100th the risk we are led to believe.

Never met an aggressive wild animal, only a scared one.
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n Answered:

I am pleased to know that Sunchaser, since I happen to live among those wild woodland creatures.  How dangerous is a bat as far as rabies goes?  My new neighbor had to chase one out of her apartment, which is physically attached to mine. 

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