Bigfoot Forums > Racoon in a tree

Randy_Hutchings

Dec 16 2004, 01:43 AM

QUOTE(MountainLady @ Dec 15 2004, 09:57 AM)

This is a funny thread..

Why is it funny? Ok.. I'll tell ya.

I have a large white possom that comes to my back yard several times a month.. always at night, except for one morning in broad daylight that I saw him out there about 2 months ago. He always does the same thing.

He's very slow and will get in the tree in my back yard, or walk on my wood fence. I have 4 dogs, two of which are large. The dogs alert me to his presence each time.
He will stare at the dogs, just out of their reach.. They go wild. The dogs finally calm down but watch him intently.. possom takes one little step.. dogs go wild.. possom goes still and stares at dogs.. they calm down again and sit and stare at each other. This usually goes on for about 45 minutes to an hour until I guess the possom gets bored with his game and finally leaves.
He's been more active lately, as I've seen him do this 3 times within the past week.
The other night he went so far as to climb on the dog run (which is covered.. we use it for storage.. not dogs). The dog run sits right next to the fence. My dogs were jumping madly at him getting as close as 2 feet from him.. He just stares down at them.

What does he want? Why is he doing this? Is he republican? I should try to get a picture of him. I shined a flashlight on him from our deck the other night when he was on the dog run and his eyes reflected back at me. My husband was on the deck with our two-year old watching
.. my two-year old pipes up and squeals "beegfoot!".. my husband glares at me.. I bust out laughing and just grin back at him sheepishly. (he said I'm ruining her

..but he laughed too)

(She calls every animal "beegfoot" if she doesn't know what it is.)

Anyway.. I don't know too much about possom behavour, but isn't this abnormal?

I don't have food laying out anywhere, and the neighbors have an apple tree, but it's barren of anything right now.

Not at all really...

I have a couple Opossums that do the same basic thing here at my place, save they enter my garage on their "rounds" for some reason unbeknownst to me...

Used to have a really big one last year that would come into my garage when we kept the dogfood out there, and raid the hell out of it...Walked out on night and took him off guard...He ran to one side of the garage and just sat there...I picked up a broom and kneeled down, trying to poke him into leaving...He just continued sitting there...So, I dropped the broom where I kneeled and went back inside...

A while later I came outside to put some stuff in the washer and lo and behold he was still sitting there, staring at the broom...

I remembered at that point that Opossums have very bad eyesight and can't see over distances...For all he knew, I was still at the other end of the broom the entire while...

MountainLady

Dec 16 2004, 07:52 AM

Thanks Randy, I didn't know they have bad eyesight.

That's pretty funny about the broom.
I was starting to think my visiting possom fell on his head and has brain damage. I hope he doesn't get too close to the dogs in the future...

TXcutrgrl

Dec 16 2004, 08:23 AM

From my point of view.................

I simply think that the possum was sitting up there waiting for someone dumb enought to come walk underneath him and look up to see what the he!! he was doing, so that he could sh#t on their head!
After that, he would delight in reading a childrens' book dedicated to his buddy "Bigfoot".
Then get a little lovin', have a smoke, climb down into it's hole, and take a nap!

Very simple indeed..........

This thread is too funny!

BenThere_2

Dec 16 2004, 08:31 AM

uhh
when did the coon morph into a possum?

TXcutrgrl

Dec 16 2004, 08:44 AM

QUOTE(BenThere_2 @ Dec 16 2004, 08:31 AM)

uhh
when did the coon morph into a possum?

What coon?

Mike I

Dec 16 2004, 09:39 AM

A RACOSSUM!

Run for the hills!

Desertyeti

Dec 16 2004, 09:52 AM

If a raccossum falls from a tree, but no one is around to hear it land...does it still make a sound?

dbdonlon

Dec 16 2004, 10:57 AM

Yeah, kinda like "Huuuuuuuuufffffffffffffffffffffffffff!"

Desertyeti

Dec 16 2004, 11:42 AM

So...in the end...what exactly was the "correct answer" for how one should write up the report?
Should educated guesses have been made as to why the raccoon was in the tree?
Should the simple fact that is was in the tree be reported alone?
There are a multitude of ways to describe, interpret, and present this event...so what is the "right way"?
Just out of curiosity...

Bukwas

Dec 16 2004, 03:38 PM

Isn't the correct term "Opossum"? Then they would be Opooping on people's heads... O.K. that was a reach

Seriously try growling at one if you want them to leave. Two summers ago one was coming up on the deck and eating the cat food, I whacked him with a PVC pipe to no avail, he just sat there and snarled at me so I growled back at him and he took off running (pretty quick for a possum too). If that doesn't work do a call blast on him (now I'm being cute again)

MountainLady

Dec 23 2004, 08:41 AM

QUOTE(BenThere_2 @ Dec 16 2004, 08:31 AM)

uhh
when did the coon morph into a possum?

Proof at last that the raccoon did indeed morph into a possom..

I got the little bugger on camera two days ago

He's pretty cute

GrandCherokee

Dec 23 2004, 12:10 PM

Reuters: Skeletal remains of a racoon were discovered high in a tree this past week. Creature is believed to have starved to death while 27 Bigfoot reaearchers stood around contemplating the possible reasons for him to have been

there

Missing Link

Dec 23 2004, 02:55 PM

So did anyone figure out what this "quiz" was leading up to, or what point was attemped at being made here?

*Edit* Nevermind, I plodded back thru it to find what was intended here.

Volsquatch

Dec 23 2004, 02:59 PM

QUOTE(GrandCherokee @ Dec 24 2004, 12:10 AM)

Reuters: Skeletal remains of a racoon were discovered high in a tree this past week. Creature is believed to have starved to death while 27 Bigfoot reaearchers stood around contemplating the possible reasons for him to have been

there

A California man reportedly captured the whole thing on video and alluded that it had something to do with the creature known as "bigfoot", but he exploded during an interview when one of our reporters pressed him for more details. Here is part of the transcript:

QUOTE

As I have explained before we originally saw three sets of eye shine and while we went to retrieve the video camera 2 of them were gone when we came back like 45 seconds later I have never thrown out that this was a sasquatch we had on video only it was something I could not identify. but rest assured that next time something happens I wont be so quick to talk about it here I know who my friends are and as always will keep them in the loop but you guys who are armchair bigfooters how bout you get off your asses and find some proof for yourselves and stop trashing people who are actually doing research while you sit at your damn computer and wax philosophical bullshit. all I have to say is at least I am one of the people who do and not just talk.

Immediately following the incident, four unidentified men in white coats showed up on scene and escorted the man to an undisclosed location, where he is now reportedly back on his medication and resting comfortably. Film at 11.

Blackdog

Dec 23 2004, 03:05 PM

MissouriBeliever

Dec 23 2004, 03:47 PM

It wasn't a raccoon at all.....it was one of Voldemort's alien sasquatches in full camo gear, observing the researcher and writing its own report.

Versatile

Dec 23 2004, 04:04 PM

I want to thank everyone for getting me straight on this as i was starting to get a little confused.

SkunkHunter

Dec 24 2004, 01:24 AM

QUOTE(Volsquatch @ Dec 23 2004, 02:59 PM)

QUOTE(GrandCherokee @ Dec 24 2004, 12:10 AM)

Reuters: Skeletal remains of a racoon were discovered high in a tree this past week. Creature is believed to have starved to death while 27 Bigfoot reaearchers stood around contemplating the possible reasons for him to have been

there

A California man reportedly captured the whole thing on video and alluded that it had something to do with the creature known as "bigfoot", but he exploded during an interview when one of our reporters pressed him for more details. Here is part of the transcript:

QUOTE

As I have explained before we originally saw three sets of eye shine and while we went to retrieve the video camera 2 of them were gone when we came back like 45 seconds later I have never thrown out that this was a sasquatch we had on video only it was something I could not identify. but rest assured that next time something happens I wont be so quick to talk about it here I know who my friends are and as always will keep them in the loop but you guys who are armchair bigfooters how bout you get off your asses and find some proof for yourselves and stop trashing people who are actually doing research while you sit at your damn computer and wax philosophical bullshit. all I have to say is at least I am one of the people who do and not just talk.

Immediately following the incident, four unidentified men in white coats showed up on scene and escorted the man to an undisclosed location, where he is now reportedly back on his medication and resting comfortably. Film at 11.

sierramadre

Dec 24 2004, 02:55 AM

I was walking through the woods when I saw something big and scary in a tree. I was fairly far off when I first saw it. I walked up the tree it was in. It 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 big and scary thing may have been living in. It was about 8 or 9 in the morning, and the sun was shining. The big scary thing looked down at me, and I just looked back up at him. I suddenly felt threatened so I produced a can of cougar repellent and dispensed it. The wind suddenly shifted causing the cougar repellent to drift into my face, instantly blinding me. I felt something land on my head and begin biting and attacking me, this is when I passed out. When I came to all of my money, credit cards and baseball cap were missing. I looked up to see a large raccoon looking creature with what appeared to be my baseball cap on his head running off into the distance.

Sachmo

Dec 25 2004, 12:38 AM

QUOTE(Versatile @ Dec 23 2004, 04:04 PM)

I want to thank everyone for getting me straight on this as i was starting to get a little confused.

huh?

Obviously the coon was up in the tree for some reason unknown to modern science. I question it's motives. Highly suspect.

And now, it's time for this year's Most Unproductive Utilization of Bandwidth Award! All those poor electrons...

Dfoot

Dec 26 2004, 11:35 AM

QUOTE(Sachmo @ Dec 25 2004, 12:38 AM)

And now, it's time for this year's Most Unproductive Utilization of Bandwidth Award! All those poor electrons...

Wait Sachmo... Mountain Lady's photo reminded me of something that may, in some small way, actually connect to Sasquatch sightings. (Well, in a roundabout way)

I was with a Japanese stuntman who'd lived all his life in the gi-normous city of Tokyo. While scouting a film location we ran across something he'd never once seen in person or in books. It was what we used to call back in Georgia a "Possum." A big one.

His reaction gave me a little insight into what it must have been like for my friends that had seen a Sasquatch up close in broad daylight. At first he froze. Then his mouth dropped open. He started to shake a bit and ran over to where I was saying in a panic-stricken voice as he hid behind me, "What is that? What is that?"

The fear in his eyes was real. He simply couldn't figure out what he was seeing. He knew it was not a mouse. To him it was huge and had long sharp teeth. It was hideous.

He could see I was not concerned at all and that helped him to stay in place. But if I had turned to leave the area he would have run like a deer.

I asked him what he thought it could be. He told me that it might be some sort of deformed dog with a disease. I then explained to him that this is a common animal and that even he could probably outrun it - though I doubted it would ever chase him.

All his life he'd only seen the birds around Tokyo and whatever animals he happened to see on television. The Oppossum was not one of these. To him this was some mysterious cryptid.

I'm just glad it didn't suddenly grow seven stories tall. Then we would've been in trouble. Probably not enough atomic radiation in the area to get that big though.

- Dfoot

Volsquatch

Nov 3 2005, 06:36 AM

'cause this thread is just so damn funny!

Bukwas

Nov 3 2005, 11:20 AM

Sigh, yeah they just don't make 'em like that anymore....

StoneyRocks

Nov 3 2005, 01:48 PM

Raccoon in a tree, why is it there?

I know I know...

to get to the other side....

oh no wait... that's the chicken

nevermind please move along, nothing to see here......

Desertyeti

Nov 3 2005, 02:31 PM

I'm just looking back at this old thread, and man...brings back some funny memories...especially some of the older quotes like this one from Huntster:

QUOTE

QUOTE (Versatile @ Dec 15 2004, 04:47 PM)
Some people might have a better attitude if they got laid.

I agree.

With that in mind, I've got to say that I like the new Desertyeti avatar.

It just seems sort of disturbing now!

Sachmo

Nov 3 2005, 11:33 PM

Vol, good call.

In fact, we are just under 2 months away from the Racoon up a Tree thread's 1 year anniversary! I'll bring the party hats and appetizers.

This much must be stated...I for one will not forget the spectacularly informative insight provided by all on this quandary.

I often do wonder if the raccoon is still up there..in the tree that is. Waiting to fulfill its purpose somehow. What if it hasnt been able to get down after all this time? Maybe it has survived by gnawing on the bark and eating caterpillars. I'm sure it's quite lonely.

It was not until months later that I realized, maybe there was really no raccoon up a tree at all..Maybe there is a little raccoon in all of us, that often wanders up the tree of life for no apparent reason, and lingers there for some time, unsure of how it got there or how its whereabouts might be described by an observer from the ground..and that is what wakes me up in the middle of the night.

Volsquatch

Feb 3 2006, 07:56 PM

:smily953:

:icon_really_happy_guy: :icon_really_happy_guy: :icon_really_happy_guy:

Painthorse

Feb 3 2006, 08:08 PM

OMG, Ohhh, the memories, LMAO!!!!!!! :laugh:

glendoor42

Feb 3 2006, 11:21 PM

I hate raccoons. One stole my car keys from a campsite once .I looked everywhere for the damn key's.I was positive that this raccoon that had raided my cooler(They took everything except the fat free hotdogs ,smart coon)had taken my damn keys.I had to call my dad,who had to drive two hours to bring me my spare keys.That is not why I hate raccoons. I hate raccoons because the same raccoon that stole my keys snuck back into my tent and put the keys back into my backpack, right where I had left them,just as my Dad was driving up.
that's why I hate raccoons.
So what's that raccoon doing in the tree HE'S FREAKING LAUGHING AT ME MAN!!!HE'S FREAKING LAUGHING AT ME!!!!!Raccoons are evil I tell you ,EVIL.

Callidus

Feb 3 2006, 11:34 PM

Every morning when i go to work i see some raccoons wondering around my house and yard. They never get into the trash or eat the cat food, just around and i have never seen them in a tree. although my guess as if they were in a tree it would most likely be that a bf scared them up there.

billkirbywofb

Feb 3 2006, 11:47 PM

OK Volsquatch, Your responcable for bumping this up, and getting me to read all 7 pages. Now you are responcable for cleaning the Mt. Dew off my keyboard and monitor screen. :yuk:

Grand Cherokee, Love your post #112 :new_thumbsupsmileyanim:

RB

Feb 4 2006, 12:41 AM

Waikiki was great… me and this big bird went surfing… that’s all I can say about that… except that it was more fun than I ever had in a long time… hush puppies, coleslaw in a big bowl right out there in the middle of the table and everything and all…

Vol… four men… white coats… resting comfortably… you slay me… made me laugh so hard I moistened myself… and not in a good way…

As far as the raccoon in a tree goes… my first question would be, “Why the heck were you walking around looking up in trees?” That’s a good way to get hurt… not watching where you’re going and might trip and fall all that stuff… crazy…

My second question would be, did the ‘coon look annoyed? Maybe he was up to no good… like trying to eat them birds… ‘coons move like cats ya’ know… great big fat cats… and they eat cat food too…

Unless this was some sort of clown ‘coon… then I wouldn’t trust it… ‘coon or no ‘coon, it’s still a clown… and you know what they say about clowns…

Volsquatch

Feb 4 2006, 04:51 AM

:icon_really_happy_guy:

mike2k1

Feb 4 2006, 09:52 AM

:laugh: :rolling:

truth seeker

Feb 4 2006, 12:13 PM

We used to have three legged racoon that hung around my house I name him tripod.

CountryCousin

Feb 4 2006, 12:25 PM

We had a baby coon in the feed barrel one morning. I didn't notice it until it ran up my arm when I reached in to get the feed. You haven't lived until you've had a growling baby coon climbing your arm.
That was twenty years ago, & I still have a problem with feed barrels. :ohmy:

Mike I

Feb 4 2006, 01:32 PM

Raccoon Field Researchers Organization (RFRO)

...the only organization truely doing any type of research into the raccoon in the tree phenomenon. :wink:

billkirbywofb

Feb 4 2006, 01:58 PM

:biggrin: :laugh: :new_lmaosmiley:

Sam Farris

Feb 4 2006, 02:25 PM

Anybody know what's the story behind Versatile getting banned, or shouldn't I ask?

Sam

StaninWI

Feb 4 2006, 03:38 PM

QUOTE(Sam Farris @ Feb 4 2006, 02:25 PM)

Anybody know what's the story behind Versatile getting banned, or shouldn't I ask?
Sam

I'm curious too. There are at least 4 banned people in this thread

rockinkt

Feb 4 2006, 03:38 PM

QUOTE(truth seeker @ Feb 4 2006, 10:13 AM)

We used to have three legged racoon that hung around my house I name him tripod.

That 's what the girls call me.

:laugh:

VAFooter

Feb 4 2006, 04:26 PM

QUOTE(StaninWI @ Feb 4 2006, 04:38 PM)

I'm curious too. There are at least 4 banned people in this thread

Kind of like those horror movies where the people keep getting picked off one by one. WHO will be next... :ohmy: :popcorn2: