Bunz Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Having opposable thumbs and all, do raccoons steal? I have an old 30-quart aluminum stock pot that I use for my ash bin and When I can home today, there were raccoon tracks in the snow leading up to the pot and back to a tree and the lid was missing. I know the lid was on this morning when I left as I made a mental note to put it in the garage this morning AND there was less snow in the pot than on the patio meaning it was covered for at least part of the day. I get why a raccoon would go into the pot as the ashes are often saturated with meat drippings, but would they take the lid? Even if a buzzard, as my dad and his police buddies used call opportunistic thieves, had come into my yard looking for scrap, wouldn't they have taken the whole pot? Or perhaps more importantly, why is this perplexing me so? The wind could've just blown it off and then the snow covered it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Who knows what goes through the mind of a 'coon. One swiped my swim suit from the back ladder of our motor homes years ago in Pennecamp Park in the Keys! From the top rung! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowe Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pfvMMdY6EQAKxCKnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzdXRnNTFyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM2Zjk1MWVhNjM1NDM1OWExYWVmZWQwZWM1OThlZGM3NQRncG9zAzM2BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dsly%2Bcooper%2Bthevious%2Braccoonus%26fr%3Dipad%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D36&w=250&h=351&imgurl=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa4%2FSly_Cooper_and_the_Thievius_Raccoonus_Coverart.png%2F250px-Sly_Cooper_and_the_Thievius_Raccoonus_Coverart.png&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSly_Cooper_and_the_Thievius_Raccoonus&size=134.5KB&name=Sly<%2Fb>+Cooper<%2Fb>+and+the+Thievius<%2Fb>+Raccoonus<%2Fb>+Coverart.png&p=sly+cooper+thievius+raccoonus&oid=6f951ea6354359a1aefed0ec598edc75&fr2=piv-web&fr=ipad&rw=sly+cooper+thievius+raccoonus&tt=Sly<%2Fb>+Cooper<%2Fb>+and+the+Thievius<%2Fb>+Raccoonus<%2Fb>+Coverart.png&b=0&ni=21&no=36&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=123c0t6jt&sigb=13jv50qu5&sigi=14os6ufml&sigt=12elmjh6v&sign=12elmjh6v&.crumb=uuYsSE/25Pl&fr=ipad&fr2=piv-web Clearly those thevious racoonuses are prone to criminal activity. Why else were they born with a stick up man mask? Bunz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcharles606 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Coons like anything metallic or shiny. I've had one steal a chrome faucet that was in my garage on the floor. Had to look at the security footage to find out, lolSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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