PITTSFIELD, Maine — A raccoon with quills on its face was responsible for a lockdown of Manson Park School on Wednesday.
“A gentleman came in here to report there was a raccoon on Lancey Street. It acted aggressive towards him, so he knew something was wrong,” said Pittsfield police Sgt. Timothy Roussin.
Roussin said Pittsfield police Chief Steven Emery went to check on the raccoon, and it also acted aggressively toward him.
“The raccoon kind of came at him and he noticed the quills in its face from a porcupine,” said Roussin.
Because the raccoon was near the Manson Park School, police had the school go into lockdown to avoid contact with the critter.
“[The school is] full of a lot of little children. We had them do a lockdown just because the raccoon could go after them,” said Roussin.
Roussin said the raccoon was trapped under a barn early Wednesday afternoon. Police set a trap with food in it to get it out safely.
“We don’t know if it has rabies or not,” said Roussin. “Rabies is high among raccoons and skunks. We had a report of a skunk [that may have had rabies] last night and it got hit by a car. It was just acting strange.”
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Yeah, I get a bit aggressive too whenever I acquire a facefull of quills.
Kind of funny.
in an ignorant hillbilly sort of way
“The skunk was acting strange.” Most skunks stand in the road and wait to get hit. What was this one doing, trying to dodge from oncoming traffic?
Found a porcupine last week that had killed two 100+ year old trees on the property. It won’t be killing any more trees.
Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s bible…there’s a song in there somewhere.
Have you seen the masks those little critters wear? Up ta no good, I’m tellin ya….
Wow.
just wanted some interspecies relations
Nature, and the natural order of things, is so cruel.
must have a gambling problem and was trying to rob his buddy while on bath salts because his wellfare check didnt come in
This is top news!!!
I’d be aggressive if I had a face full of quills too.
Now the important question: Was he wearing a hoodie?