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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’t help bc it was a mamma raccoon protecting her babies (probably living in our roof) so we’ve… https://t.co/Oo7ixxeZ1t— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624715615.0
since the roof is open to the sky, we have a multiplying raccoon problem. last count was 5 raccoons and they found… https://t.co/PDCNjy62tV— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624715621.0
they trashed my room, who knows what else they’ll do before we get them out. no idea how much this is gonna cost me… https://t.co/rGPKDeTZ5T— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624715623.0
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.
@haley_iliff Same energy as the time a raccoon broke out of my wall and got stuck https://t.co/B5Ya4x5mm7— Snoof (@Snoof) 1624772282.0
@haley_iliff I literally had a possum fall through my kitchen ceiling and land on top of me on Friday. The blood is… https://t.co/WCOLioIZeP— Chris Hopper (@Chris Hopper) 1624813170.0
@haley_iliff and now i’m officially worried at my house. https://t.co/kiaMqCSq92— Ann Rinehart (@Ann Rinehart) 1624764236.0
@haley_iliff In Hollywood Hills- they jiggled the doorknobs!!! https://t.co/CKVW4n8YzN— Anastasia Barzee (@Anastasia Barzee) 1624841950.0
@haley_iliff Reminds me of this. https://t.co/iYv6fxPZ8h— Openly Vaccinated (@Openly Vaccinated) 1624814532.0
While others recounted some more positive experiences with their area raccoons:
@haley_iliff I’m fortunate that my area raccoons just sleep on cushions in my garage. https://t.co/xdHZilMEbl— Puck M Summersnite (@Puck M Summersnite) 1624812929.0
@haley_iliff Yu could start a support group https://t.co/rnGDag1cUP— DSP stands with Philip Lee💙💚 (@DSP stands with Philip Lee💙💚) 1624847430.0
@haley_iliff He’s a frequent guest here https://t.co/ryHlY3R6sQ— The Provost / سيدة الفتنة (@The Provost / سيدة الفتنة) 1624808793.0
@sandi_hemming @haley_iliff We foster them https://t.co/b9YuL073ay— PeterW (@PeterW) 1624820392.0
@haley_iliff they like black oil sunflower seeds and peanuts in shells https://t.co/ywTyg2O899— silentscreamer (@silentscreamer) 1624766847.0
Eventually, the raccoons were safely and humanely removed from Iliff's home, effectively ending her ordeal:
raccoon exodus, filmed by the incomparable @WolffAmerica https://t.co/ZIbmIVPJLu— haley iliff (@haley iliff) 1624739617.0
And people shared their relief that the little critters were safe and sound, but also out of Iliff's house:
@haley_iliff @WolffAmerica Thank you for compassionately helping us return where we belong. https://t.co/YPH5cXEb7W— Raccoonicorn43 (@Raccoonicorn43) 1624778046.0
@haley_iliff @WolffAmerica I'm so sorry this happened to you but I'm also relieved to see mom and her babies are ok… https://t.co/HYUIomRaw5— OrangeFloyd (aka his parents) (@OrangeFloyd (aka his parents)) 1624803518.0
@haley_iliff @WolffAmerica i'm sorry for all of the damage. my family is a rambunctious bunch. things clearly got o… https://t.co/awIcWmHusS— 🗑🐼🗑 (@🗑🐼🗑) 1624760438.0
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.