Man fights off raccoon attack with a Sword

[Turn Key]

Kill Bill after a raccoon

Man Fights Off Raccoon, Not Mountain Lion - Family News Story - WRTV Indianapolis

Man Fights Off Raccoon, Not Mountain Lion

Teen Uses Sword To Defend Dog During Attack

POSTED: 2:02 am EST February 11, 2010
UPDATED: 3:35 pm EST February 11, 2010



FAIRFIELD, Calif. -- It must have been a big raccoon that attacked a Fairfield, Calif., man's dog. So big he thought it was a mountain lion.Marquel Dawson, 19, said he was playing with the pit bull and German shepherd mix in a nature area at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when the animal attacked, Sacramento TV station KCRA reported."It was about the size of German shepherd police dog -- like big -- about twice the size of my dog," Dawson said.
He said he ran home, got a sword and fought the animal off.A veterinarian said the dog suffered minor injuries considering the circumstances.Although City Animal Control officers told KCRA they believe it was a mountain lion that attacked the dog, the Department of Fish and Game determined otherwise. Pat Foy, a department spokesman, said a trapper determined the especially large tracks belonged to a raccoon.The trapper also looked at the wounds and found they were consistent with a raccoon attack, Foy said.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Wow that's a big beaver! I mean racoon. I mean Possum, or chupakabra, or manbearpig.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

That is one big coon!!! Growing up in Oregon, we had a family of coons that would eat worms off the lawn after dark. If you went outside when they were out there, the male would stand on his back legs and stare you down. He was as tall as I was. At least that's how I remember this thing. Mom wouldn't let me hurt them. She thought the babies were cute. Definetly wouldn't want to fight one with a sword if I didn't have too.

 

[xamsx]

Definetly wouldn't want to fight one with a sword if I didn't have too.

Yeah, no kidding! Coons are crazy!
I remember going up to Cable, Wisconsin with my mom, dad, and grandma every late Summer when I was younger and renting a cabin out in the woods, on a small lake, for a week or 2, to relax in the woods, fish, etc. They'd always come around, in packs of 3-5, at night and be doing wacky things.. Like getting on top of cabins and constantly slam the old wooden screen door by getting at it with their claws and letting it go..

I figured they were probably there for scraps of food, cause I'm sure other various visitors staying in the other couple cabins down the drive have fed them before throughout the years..

But yeah, I'd stay clear of coons.. especially during the day.

 

[Leadeye]

They are certainly the most persistant varmints I've had to deal with. They get into everything.

 

[dustjunky2000]

Is this what he looked like?!?!

DAMN YOU, MANBEARPIG!!!

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Taken right before he ate Auntie Peg.........why......why??