Raccoons

If you live in Missouri, you will see raccoon often. That's a fact. For some, they're cute while for others they are a nuisance. If you're in the second group, good news as Missouri really does want to teach you how to trap raccoons.

Stop me if you've heard me say this before, but something strange was just spotted in Illinois. A webcam in one of the forested areas of Illinois just captured video of an unidentified creature that the internet is having a hard time figuring out.

You aren't likely to see a creature like this in your backyard ever, but it just happened to a woman who lives near Hornick, Iowa as a rare blonde raccoon appeared and there are photos and videos to prove it.

It's easy to let your mind freak you out when you're in the woods at night. That's why I don't blame these Iowa hunters who got spooked out of the woods by what they thought was a mountain lion lurking in the trees above them. Instead, it was something much funnier.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Keep that in mind as I share details of how you can have a pet raccoon in Illinois, but there are things you need to know first.

Have you ever tried to save something that really doesn't want to be saved? That seems to be what happened when an Illinois woman made a brave attempt to save some dumpster-diving raccoons. It did not seem to me that they really wanted "saving".

I've heard it said that it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. That principle works for cats, too and I can prove it with a raccoon who got the jump-scare of his life thanks to a feline who is convinced he's Chuck Norris.

This is about as close as you're gonna get to the Missouri version of The Jungle Book. A new trail cam video shows deer, raccoons and a possum all feasting together living in perfect harmony.

It's been said that curiosity killed the cat. It doesn't help raccoons either. I know this because there's a new video share showing a trash panda that had to be rescued by a heroic Missouri police officer when he got a jar stuck on his head.

If you wanna get away, but not too far away from animals, you need to see this tiny Illinois place that's located inside of a rescue ranch. Animals of just about every variety are everywhere.