Thursday, July 31, 2008

Lunchtime attack

Yesterday, I had a weird schedule at work so i got an hour for lunch ( I usually only get 30 minutes.) Since I had an hour, I got to go to Cyprus Grove Nature Park with some friends who work for UT. Right after we started eating, a raccoon walked up out of the woods to come see us and our food. She got right up on the bench by one guy who was holding a sandwich. The raccoon put her head up under the guy's arm and tried to take his sandwich right out of his hand. For a minute, the raccoon just sat by the guy trying for the sandwich, but he elbowed her away. Then the raccoon thought I was an easier target, so she hopped up in the table and stole my sandwich container and ran a few yard with it. I retrieved that and put it in my lunchbox; then the raccoon tried to drag my lunchbox away. I got my cheez-its out and started eating them. That's when the raccoon got really interested. Apparently, cheez-its are the food of the wild. The raccoon got up right by me and grabbed the hand that my cheez-its were in. It was so strange. I'm pretty sure the thing tried to bite me and that's when I ended up dropping the crackers, but I'm not too sure. I feel like the story is a whole lot more dramatic in my head than it actually was. It was funny. After that, she started going for my water bottle- trying to climb an arm or a leg or get into my lap to get the water bottle. Insane! I never thought I'd be that close to a raccoon. I've touched one now or really more like it, a raccoon touched me. I can't believe that that raccoon was once a wild animal and now it is just like a persistent dog trying to get people food.

1 comment:

Patty said...

Are you some kind of Dr. Doolittle or something? That sounds pretty funny, but a little scary! Hope you are doing well. Miss you all!