US EditionRaccoon passes out on Virginia liquor store bathroom floor after drunken rampage
The raccoon caused about $250 in damage after breaking in and consuming multiple bottles of scotch and whisky before being safely released by animal control.
- On Nov 29, a raccoon broke into the Ashland ABC Store in Hanover County, ransacking shelves and helping itself to alcohol.
- A ceiling tile collapse allowed the intruder to enter and knock out CCTV cameras, and Officer Samantha Martin said the raccoon fell through one tile then went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything.
- Employees discovered smashed bottles, alcohol pooled on the floor and an aisle soaked with broken glass, while store employees found the raccoon passed out in the bathroom between a toilet and a bin.
- After a period of observation, the animal was returned to the wild after Officer Martin secured the raccoon and transported it to the Hanover County Animal Shelter to sober up.
- The shelter's Facebook post quickly went viral, racking up more than 8,000 likes, 827 comments and 4,100 shares by 1.20pm on Dec 3 and drawing national coverage.
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VIRGINIA - A drunken raccoon was found asleep in a Virginia liquor store bathroom over the weekend. The "masked bandit" was discovered in the restroom. The thief had ransacked the shelves and consumed several types of alcohol. In a social media post, authorities said they took the "highly intoxicated" raccoon back to the shelter to recover. After a few hours of rest and with no signs of injury other than a hangover, the raccoon was released back…
Thrown on the ground 'sleeping the monkey' next to the toilet. So they found the man responsible for a break-in at a liquor store in Virginia, United States, after he entered the establishment while it was closed, broke several bottles and got drunk from whiskey. The peculiarity: the author of the disaster was not a criminal, but a raccoon. This masked bandit agreed to the store by removing one of the plates from the ceiling, which pierced his f…
Drunk raccoon caught passed out by the toilet after trashing liquor store, partaking in the spirits · American Wire News
Apparently, human beings aren’t the only ones who have the urge to party. The first thing that the employees of a Virginia liquor store noticed after returning to work following their Thanksgiving holiday was a bunch of destroyed bottles on the ground. More than two-dozen bottles, in fact, with their liquid contents creating sticky puddles across the floor. But what kind of boozy bandit would make such a mess? But the investigation was over almo…
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