‘Raccoon Invasion’

That’s the title of a video report released by a local sheriff’s office in Washington state, USA, about a  woman who called for help after she was surrounded by about a hundred raccoons and was “forced to run away in her car to escape the furry, and very hungry creatures”.  As explained more elaborately in another news report:

Kevin McCarty, a spokesperson for the Kitsap County Sheriff, said the woman called deputies Thursday because about 100 raccoons outside her home were "demanding food."

The woman told deputies she started feeding raccoons around her house about 35 years ago without any problems.

Six weeks ago, the population of raccoons “exploded.” Now, the animals surround her home day and night hoping for a meal.

“Somehow the word got out in raccoon land and they all showed up to her house expecting a meal,” McCarty said.

Kitsap deputies responded to the woman's home and were startled by what they saw.

“They were shocked,” McCarty said. “They had never seen that many raccoons in one place. Nobody ever remembers being surrounded by a swarm of raccoons. This was a first.”