There are several animals you never want invading your home, but raccoons are at the top of the list.
As little scavengers, they have a reputation for making messes: overturning garbage pails to eat leftover food, or ripping through a bag of chips that someone from last weekend's barbecue may have accidentally left outside.
The only thing worse than one raccoon in your house?
Many raccoons in your house.
humane society couldn\u2019t help bc it was a mamma raccoon protecting her babies (probably living in our roof) so we\u2019ve been waiting for someone to come since yesterday at 5pmpic.twitter.com/yQxDiJPHtf— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624715615
since the roof is open to the sky, we have a multiplying raccoon problem. last count was 5 raccoons and they found their way to the office upstairs as well.pic.twitter.com/UvkXZ53ojU— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624715621
they trashed my room, who knows what else they\u2019ll do before we get them out. no idea how much this is gonna cost me, at the very least i\u2019ll need new sheetspic.twitter.com/rbmYL0MlkB— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624715623
Poor Haley Iliff came home from a trip to New York to find an open hole in her ceiling and a raccoon roaming about her house.
Because the hole in the ceiling was open straight through to the sky, more and more raccoons found their way into the house, and as it is illegal to remove them, have made the house an absolute trashy mess.
But it seems her experience is not uncommon and raccoons invade people's houses fairly often.
Same energy as the time a raccoon broke out of my wall and got stuckpic.twitter.com/B5Ya4x5mm7— Snoof (@Snoof) 1624772282
I literally had a possum fall through my kitchen ceiling and land on top of me on Friday. The blood is from me running face first into a wall trying to get out of there.pic.twitter.com/2xt8uqGfEn— Chris Hopper (@Chris Hopper) 1624813170
and now i\u2019m officially worried at my house.pic.twitter.com/kiaMqCSq92— Ann Rinehart (@Ann Rinehart) 1624764236
In Hollywood Hills- they jiggled the doorknobs!!!pic.twitter.com/CKVW4n8YzN— Anastasia Barzee (@Anastasia Barzee) 1624841950
Reminds me of this.pic.twitter.com/iYv6fxPZ8h— Openly Vaccinated (@Openly Vaccinated) 1624814532
While others recounted some more positive experiences with their area raccoons:
I\u2019m fortunate that my area raccoons just sleep on cushions in my garage.pic.twitter.com/xdHZilMEbl— Puck M Summersnite (@Puck M Summersnite) 1624812929
Yu could start a support grouphttps://youtu.be/BJNCjjQkK9o— DSP stands with Philip Lee\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9a (@DSP stands with Philip Lee\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9a) 1624847430
He\u2019s a frequent guest herepic.twitter.com/ryHlY3R6sQ— The Provost / \u0633\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u062a\u0646\u0629 (@The Provost / \u0633\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u062a\u0646\u0629) 1624808793
We foster thempic.twitter.com/b9YuL073ay— PeterW (@PeterW) 1624820392
they like black oil sunflower seeds and peanuts in shellspic.twitter.com/ywTyg2O899— silentscreamer (@silentscreamer) 1624766847
Eventually, the raccoons were safely and humanely removed from Iliff's home, effectively ending her ordeal:
raccoon exodus, filmed by the incomparable @WolffAmericapic.twitter.com/ZIbmIVPJLu— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624739617
And people shared their relief that the little critters were safe and sound, but also out of Iliff's house:
Thank you for compassionately helping us return where we belong.pic.twitter.com/YPH5cXEb7W— Raccoonicorn43 (@Raccoonicorn43) 1624778046
I'm so sorry this happened to you but I'm also relieved to see mom and her babies are ok too...it really wasn't her fault..she's just trying to be a good mom— OrangeFloyd (aka his parents) (@OrangeFloyd (aka his parents)) 1624803518
i'm sorry for all of the damage. my family is a rambunctious bunch. things clearly got out of hand. if they ever return i'll be sure to sit them down and explain how harmful their actions were.— \ud83d\uddd1\ud83d\udc3c\ud83d\uddd1 (@\ud83d\uddd1\ud83d\udc3c\ud83d\uddd1) 1624760438
The creatures are now living rent-free at a private lakeside property, ultimately showing that no matter the situation, the raccoons will always come out on top.
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