TalonRider Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Raccoon unfazed by cop's Taser during wild chase DALLAS ? Police learned something during a frenetic burglary call to an elderly couple's home: Tasers don't work on raccoons. Police arrived with guns drawn after receiving a 911 call from an 85-year-old man who heard noises near his front door Tuesday night. Officers surrounded the house but pretty quickly ? in the words of the police report ? "determined the suspect was a raccoon." In the meantime, the masked burglar apparently made its way into the house through the chimney. And that's when things got really interesting. With officers in pursuit, the raccoon took off through the house, ripping up Venetian blinds, pulling down drapes, knocking over a lamp and toppling a flowerpot. Finally, Officer Daniel Ek tried to let it out the back door when the suspect apparently turned threatening. "While unlocking the back door, the suspect ran at Officer Ek," the police report says. Ek used his taser, but the raccoon ran up the chimney with the stun gun's prongs in its back. An animal control officer tried unsuccessfully to flush it out with ammonia, homeowner Bill Hyde said in Thursday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. A neighbor helped secure the front of the fireplace to keep the raccoon from returning. The next morning, when the neighbor returned to put a cap on the chimney, the raccoon had escaped. "He got away clean," Hyde said. Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 When was Wibby in Dallas last? Hmmm........... Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hmmm. Use a taser on him. Never thought of that! C Link to comment
rick Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Naw, Tasers cause raccoons to lose control of their bowels, and I don't know about you, but I'm not cleaning that mess up! Rick Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 When was Wibby in Dallas last? Hmmm........... Are you saying that Wibby does Dallas? Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 My understanding is, raccoons have no control over their bowels in any situation. C Link to comment
Tanuki Racoon Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Ask anyone here who owns shoes. I control my bowels very well. Until I'm hit with a taser. Link to comment
Rad Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 But Wibby, you were unfazed by the taser? I would have probably swimming on the floor... Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Shame on those folks for being so inhospitable! I always leave a little extra cat food and clean water out for our raccoon visitors (which are much preferred to possum visitors). Link to comment
Guest Fritz Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 "He got away clean," Hyde said. Not hardly, if the raccoon escaped up the chimney he did not get away clean. He might have got clean away, but not away clean. Link to comment
Tanuki Racoon Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 "He got away clean," Hyde said.Not hardly, if the raccoon escaped up the chimney he did not get away clean. He might have got clean away, but not away clean. We must defer to Fritz who has quite got it spot on. Link to comment
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