Woman calls police after nearly 100 raccoons surround her property
Quote:A woman didn’t think much about feeding the raccoons near her house until nearly 100 of them showed up in her yard.
Earlier this week, the unnamed woman called the police after she was unable to get inside her home in Poulsbo, Washington, because of a raccoon invasion. According to Kevin McCarty, a spokesperson for the Kitsap County Sheriff, the woman explained that the large number of raccoons in her yard started around six weeks ago, but she had been feeding them for over 35 years.
“Somehow the word got out in raccoon land and they all showed up to her house expecting a meal,” McCarty told local NBC affiliate KUSA. When deputy officers showed up to examine the scene, they were “shocked” to find 50 to 100 raccoons at the property.