 Racoon in a tree, Why is it there |
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 Dec 14 2004, 03:58 PM
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Four toes - Rugaru  Group: Banned Posts: 272 Joined: 16-June 04 Member No.: 1,110  |
Imagine that you go for a walk in the woods and you see a racoon up in a tree. You spotted him from a ways away and go to see what it is up in that tree. Let's say about 15-25 ft up the distance doesn't realy matter. The tree is about 8-10 inches in diameter or so maybe a little larger. It is say about 8-9 am with sun shining. The tree isn't big enough to have any holes etc in it.The raccoon just looks down at you and you just look up at him. Please explain what you would write in your report about what you observed. This is not a trick question. This is just a little test of your woods observation ability.
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Dec 14 2004, 04:02 PM
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One star - Yowie  Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 28-October 04 From: Northern VA Member No.: 1,552 |
Who croaked and made you "pathfinding 101" teacher?
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 Dec 14 2004, 04:10 PM
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Four toes - Rugaru Group: Banned Posts: 272 Joined: 16-June 04 Member No.: 1,110 |
As far as i know no one has croaked. Do you have a problem with my post. All that i am doing is putting some stuff out there for newbiies or those wanting to get out there but don't know what or how to do or look for or even suspect something so as to direct theirselves to something rather than just sit in a lawn chair.
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Dec 14 2004, 04:25 PM
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Three toes - Zoobie  Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 5-November 04 From: East Central Indiana Member No.: 1,578 |
QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 04:10 PM) All that i am doing is putting some stuff out there for newbiies or those wanting to get out there but don't know what or how to do or look for or even suspect something so as to direct theirselves to something rather than just sit in a lawn chair. Now this makes perfect sense. |
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Dec 14 2004, 04:33 PM
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Five toes - Saskets  Group: Members Posts: 716 Joined: 2-July 04 From: S. Louisiana Member No.: 1,172 |
Or is there a racoon?
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Dec 14 2004, 04:36 PM
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Three toes - Zoobie Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 5-November 04 From: East Central Indiana Member No.: 1,578 |
QUOTE(crawdaddy @ Dec 14 2004, 04:33 PM) Or is there a racoon? Maybe it's a spoon? |
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Dec 14 2004, 04:36 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
I would say that I saw a racoon about 15-25 feet up in a tree that was 8-10" in diameter.
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Dec 14 2004, 04:37 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 28-October 04 From: Northern VA Member No.: 1,552 |
QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 04:10 PM) As far as i know no one has croaked. Do you have a problem with my post. All that i am doing is putting some stuff out there for newbiies or those wanting to get out there but don't know what or how to do or look for or even suspect something so as to direct theirselves to something rather than just sit in a lawn chair. Nah, I just saw everyone else giving you hell and thought I'd pile on. 
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Dec 14 2004, 04:44 PM
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Four toes - Rugaru Group: Banned Posts: 272 Joined: 16-June 04 Member No.: 1,110 |
QUOTE(dbdonlon @ Dec 14 2004, 04:37 PM) QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 04:10 PM) As far as i know no one has croaked. Do you have a problem with my post. All that i am doing is putting some stuff out there for newbiies or those wanting to get out there but don't know what or how to do or look for or even suspect something so as to direct theirselves to something rather than just sit in a lawn chair. Nah, I just saw everyone else giving you hell and thought I'd pile on. I do like honesty. |
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Dec 14 2004, 04:48 PM
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Five stars - Sasquatch  Group: Members Posts: 6,115 Joined: 29-November 03 From: West Coast Sasquatch. BC,Canada Member No.: 471 |
Are you sure it is not the Racoon that would benifit more from such a course?
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Dec 14 2004, 04:54 PM
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Four toes - Rugaru Group: Banned Posts: 272 Joined: 16-June 04 Member No.: 1,110 |
Give it a break if you are more experienced than this don't get your shorts in a wad. I still haven't seen a post yet that even came close to the simple answer.
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Dec 14 2004, 04:58 PM
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Loyalty, Friendship  Group: Members Posts: 3,985 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Davy Jones's Locker Member No.: 165 |
Is this tree located in Louisiana? If so, then how old is the Racoon and what color is it?
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Dec 14 2004, 05:04 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
Oh!!!!!
I get it! :doh: There's no such thing as a racoon! Raccoon, yeah, but not racoon! Very clever!! |
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Dec 14 2004, 05:05 PM
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Loyalty, Friendship Group: Members Posts: 3,985 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Davy Jones's Locker Member No.: 165 |
He he he he
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Dec 14 2004, 05:23 PM
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Three toes - Zoobie Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 5-November 04 From: East Central Indiana Member No.: 1,578 |
QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 03:58 PM) Imagine that you go for a walk in the woods and you see a racoon up in a tree. You spotted him from a ways away and go to see what it is up in that tree. Let's say about 15-25 ft up the distance doesn't realy matter. The tree is about 8-10 inches in diameter or so maybe a little larger. It is say about 8-9 am with sun shining. The tree isn't big enough to have any holes etc in it.The raccoon just looks down at you and you just look up at him. Please explain what you would write in your report about what you observed. This is not a trick question. This is just a little test of your woods observation ability. I'm not sure that the racoon/raccoon similarity is the correct answer. As The post originator spelled it both ways in title and post itself. |
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Dec 14 2004, 05:25 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
Aaaarrrggghhhh!!!
It's a shape-shifter!!! Clearly an interdimensional being made of titanium and spirits! Kill it! Kill it!!! 
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Dec 14 2004, 05:38 PM
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Loyalty, Friendship Group: Members Posts: 3,985 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Davy Jones's Locker Member No.: 165 |
The Racoon is a metallic wino? Well then what's the tree made of?
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Dec 14 2004, 05:40 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
THAT my dear Vol is the question...
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Dec 14 2004, 05:42 PM
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Loyalty, Friendship Group: Members Posts: 3,985 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Davy Jones's Locker Member No.: 165 |
Those damned Racoons........
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Dec 14 2004, 05:46 PM
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Head Bottle Washer - RIP Group: BFF Administrators Posts: 7,177 Joined: 19-May 02 From: Panama City, FL Member No.: 31 |
QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 04:58 PM) This is just a little test of your woods observation ability. Well, since you obviously consider yourself rather sage in your woodslore, why don't you go ahead and drop the other shoe and enlighten all of the "newbies"? I actually don't see any point to your "test" but what the hell, I'm willing to be tutored. |
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Dec 14 2004, 05:55 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
I drew a picture of my sighting!
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Dec 14 2004, 05:57 PM
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Annie Oakley  Group: BFF Administrators Posts: 12,732 Joined: 10-March 03 From: BFE, Arkansas Member No.: 189 |
I'd be wondering why the hell a racoon/raccoon was up in a tree looking down at you on a sunshine filled morning. Aren't coons nocturnal?
I'd probably also mention that he had a mask on so he must have been up to no good.
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Dec 14 2004, 06:03 PM
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Loyalty, Friendship Group: Members Posts: 3,985 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Davy Jones's Locker Member No.: 165 |
QUOTE(Desertyeti @ Dec 15 2004, 05:55 AM) I drew a picture of my sighting! AHA! Straight from another thread! The religeon of the denomination of the festive arborial pigeon people, er, I mean Racoon, er, ah, people... 
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Dec 14 2004, 06:04 PM
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Five toes - Saskets Group: Banned Posts: 809 Joined: 5-October 04 Member No.: 1,483 |
QUOTE(RelicFauna @ Dec 14 2004, 04:36 PM) QUOTE(crawdaddy @ Dec 14 2004, 04:33 PM) Or is there a racoon? Maybe it's a spoon? RF: There is no spoon. According a movie I saw once. Unless that movie was reality and I was merely believing that I was watching that movie while, in fact, I was actually in a swirling tub of goo with electrodes attached to my brain.... .... which were telling me that there was a movie I saw in which I was told there was no spoon. Seriously though... Racoons have been known to hunt humans where I come from. They move about using the trees and attack you when you least expect it after herding you and your girlfriend into the dense overgrown bush. So it doesn't matter as long as the tree is strong enough to hold the Racoon. They always get you in the end. Wait... what size tree was that again? Did I hear you say it was made from spoons? I mean... I don't want to go spreading dis-info about killer Coons who live in trees of spoons.... but I heard it was true. It was on the Internet. - Dfoot |
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Dec 14 2004, 06:16 PM
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Two stars - Mountain Devil  Group: Members Posts: 2,305 Joined: 7-May 03 From: Long Beach, CA Member No.: 221 |
QUOTE(JayleeD @ Dec 14 2004, 05:57 PM) Aren't coons nocturnal? yep......unless it's rabid 
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Dec 14 2004, 06:18 PM
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Three toes - Zoobie Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 5-November 04 From: East Central Indiana Member No.: 1,578 |
QUOTE(chronic @ Dec 14 2004, 06:16 PM) QUOTE(JayleeD @ Dec 14 2004, 05:57 PM) Aren't coons nocturnal? yep......unless it's rabid Like a bunnyrabid?
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Dec 14 2004, 06:19 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
Or unless it's human habituated.
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Dec 14 2004, 06:47 PM
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Midnight Sun Man Group: Members Posts: 7,573 Joined: 30-March 04 From: Palmer, Alaska Member No.: 913 |
QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 03:58 PM) ...Please explain what you would write in your report about what you observed... My BFRO report: ME: "I was walking through the woods when I saw a sasquatch in a tree. I was fairly far off when I first saw him. I walked up the the tree he was in. He was about 15' to 25' up the tree. The tree was 8 - 10 feet in diameter. There weren't any holes in the tree that the sasquatch may have been living in. It was about 8 or 9 in the morning, and the sun was shining. The sasquatch looked down at me, and I just looked back up at him. He was an odd color; kinda like a raccoon. He was rather small for a sasquatch. He was the size of a raccoon." BFRO: "You say it had the coloration and size of a raccoon? Do you think it was a raccoon?" ME: "No way. He looked like a raccoon, was about the size of a raccoon, but he was definately a sasquatch. I have highly refined powers of observation. I've been a forum participant on the Bigfoot Forums, and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night." BFRO: "Oh, well. In that case, we'll get on this right away." |
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Dec 14 2004, 06:48 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 28-October 04 From: Northern VA Member No.: 1,552 |
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Dec 14 2004, 06:49 PM
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One star - Yowie Group: Members Posts: 1,569 Joined: 20-July 04 From: right next to the Pabst, and never far from coffee. Member No.: 1,242 |
I'll vouch for Huntster! He's a great guy, and anyone that doubts his story doubts him!!! |
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Dec 14 2004, 08:27 PM
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Five stars - Sasquatch Group: Members Posts: 6,115 Joined: 29-November 03 From: West Coast Sasquatch. BC,Canada Member No.: 471 |
As from Day One..Hunster is my Alaskan Hero!
Hey my North woods Brother. Does this mean that you are able to organize Expeditions now? Or do you just get a Coonskin hat? Or was it really a coon? This post has been edited by GrandCherokee: Dec 14 2004, 08:27 PM
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Dec 14 2004, 08:50 PM
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Two stars - Mountain Devil Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Where the rent's too high Member No.: 1,137 |
QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 14 2004, 03:58 PM) Imagine that you go for a walk in the woods and you see a racoon up in a tree. You spotted him from a ways away and go to see what it is up in that tree. 
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Dec 14 2004, 09:00 PM
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The Original Wood Devil Group: Members Posts: 4,294 Joined: 18-April 04 From: Sam's Town Member No.: 981 |
Versatile,
May I suggest a new avatar?  Seriously, you guys were on him like Anna Nicole on a donut.
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