A few years back, when I lived in the burbs, my bedroom window was right next to the dumpster for our building. One Sunday morning I heard what I was sure was cussing and scrabbling out there and I decided to go take a look.
Inside our recently emptied dumpter I found two very frustrated little coons. They'd managed to get in but couldn't get out because there wasn't enough trash to give them a boost. They would run from one side of the dumpster to the other, leap up, claw furriously and then slide down. Scrabbling explained. After each failed attempt they would sit down, stare up over the lip of the dumpster and swear furiously at their failure.
I found a 2x4 laying on the ground next to the dumpster and slid it in at an angle like a ramp. It look our intrepid heros all of .03 seconds to figure out what they were supposed to do and they scampered up. As they reached the top (I am not making this up) they each gave me a little nod and something like a smile then scampered off accross the parking lot.
After that I often found them sprawled out on top of the garbage in the full dumpster napping and looking very satisfied. They'd always open there eyes a bit when I cam to see them but they never ran away or fussed at me for intruding.
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dancing_serpent
Awww :)
Date: 2003-08-04 03:29 pm (UTC)A few years back, when I lived in the burbs, my bedroom window was right next to the dumpster for our building. One Sunday morning I heard what I was sure was cussing and scrabbling out there and I decided to go take a look.
Inside our recently emptied dumpter I found two very frustrated little coons. They'd managed to get in but couldn't get out because there wasn't enough trash to give them a boost. They would run from one side of the dumpster to the other, leap up, claw furriously and then slide down. Scrabbling explained. After each failed attempt they would sit down, stare up over the lip of the dumpster and swear furiously at their failure.
I found a 2x4 laying on the ground next to the dumpster and slid it in at an angle like a ramp. It look our intrepid heros all of .03 seconds to figure out what they were supposed to do and they scampered up. As they reached the top (I am not making this up) they each gave me a little nod and something like a smile then scampered off accross the parking lot.
After that I often found them sprawled out on top of the garbage in the full dumpster napping and looking very satisfied. They'd always open there eyes a bit when I cam to see them but they never ran away or fussed at me for intruding.
Raccoons are cool.