The saga of Rocky Raccoon
Sep. 13th, 2012 12:22 pmWhen I got home from work last night ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
the_axel told me he had put the bedroom screen into the window incorrectly the night before. "I was woken up by a loud crash in the middle of the night. Some animal, probably a squirrel, got in and tore up the bag of birdseed. I must have scared it away when I got up, and I cleaned up the mess this morning."
I laughed and didn't think anything else about it.
We were running around in Guild Wars together later that evening. (Geek dating.) I finally asked him, "What is that noise."
"What noise?"
"That thumping noise. Is it coming from next door? Or outside?"
"I don't hear any noise."
We play for a while longer.
"There! That noise!"
"I swear I don't hear anything."
We play for a while longer.
"There's that thumping again. It sounds like the noise Carlin makes when he falls off something."
"Well, let's go take a look."
So we go upstairs to check on Carlin and the first thing we see is the bag of birdseed spread out all over the floor. We walk up to the window and there is a raccoon peering through the screen at us from where he is sitting on the kitchen roof holding the plastic bag we were using to keep stale bread for the birds. The screen has a big tear in the corner.
I think this is hilarious of course. While I'm laughing Axel closes and locks the window. I turn around to go back downstairs and stop laughing abruptly. "Oh. Hello." Axel turns around as well and we are both facing a raccoon standing on the other side of the room and watching us with a very concerned expression on his face. When he sees us both looking at him he walks behind our bed and pokes just the very top of his head over the top so he keep an eye on us. All I can see of him is his mask and pointy ears.
We open the window, take the screen off and perch on top of the bed. As soon as he realizes there is a clear path in front of him he runs across the room and dives out the window so fast the only clear look I get at him is his fuzzy tail disappearing across the window sill.
So we'll need to get a new screen or fix this one. And keep the window closed until the locals forget that food is likely to be found on the other side of it.
And I should probably get a proper bird feeder.
the_axel told me he had put the bedroom screen into the window incorrectly the night before. "I was woken up by a loud crash in the middle of the night. Some animal, probably a squirrel, got in and tore up the bag of birdseed. I must have scared it away when I got up, and I cleaned up the mess this morning."I laughed and didn't think anything else about it.
We were running around in Guild Wars together later that evening. (Geek dating.) I finally asked him, "What is that noise."
"What noise?"
"That thumping noise. Is it coming from next door? Or outside?"
"I don't hear any noise."
We play for a while longer.
"There! That noise!"
"I swear I don't hear anything."
We play for a while longer.
"There's that thumping again. It sounds like the noise Carlin makes when he falls off something."
"Well, let's go take a look."
So we go upstairs to check on Carlin and the first thing we see is the bag of birdseed spread out all over the floor. We walk up to the window and there is a raccoon peering through the screen at us from where he is sitting on the kitchen roof holding the plastic bag we were using to keep stale bread for the birds. The screen has a big tear in the corner.
I think this is hilarious of course. While I'm laughing Axel closes and locks the window. I turn around to go back downstairs and stop laughing abruptly. "Oh. Hello." Axel turns around as well and we are both facing a raccoon standing on the other side of the room and watching us with a very concerned expression on his face. When he sees us both looking at him he walks behind our bed and pokes just the very top of his head over the top so he keep an eye on us. All I can see of him is his mask and pointy ears.
We open the window, take the screen off and perch on top of the bed. As soon as he realizes there is a clear path in front of him he runs across the room and dives out the window so fast the only clear look I get at him is his fuzzy tail disappearing across the window sill.
So we'll need to get a new screen or fix this one. And keep the window closed until the locals forget that food is likely to be found on the other side of it.
And I should probably get a proper bird feeder.