Originally Posted by compress ignite

Georgia (As in State Of,U.S.) bounded by:
[Florida,Alabama,Tennessee,North Carolina,South Carolina and the Atlantic.]

More Raccoons than Alligators and People.(Maybe, Combined)

85% to 100% are currently RABID.

Darkness: Shine a spotlight and blow an Air-horn @ one,it ignores you.

Daylight: If you spend enough time in "The Woods" or "On-Shore" ,You will
invariably find yourself in a situation where you're asking yourself ,
"If I Shoot this damn thing(that won't back off or stop chasing me) will
the DNR [or worse U.S. Fish and Wildlife] prosecute me?"

@ an Undisclosed Federal Park's picnic area ,I had to throw a Bar-B-Que
grill's rack at one and hit it...
to get it to leave some Kindergarten Field Trippers alone.

If you're unlucky enough to be running a Raccoon version of Busch Gardens.
(They're always up on the roof running around ALL Night long)
The ONLY safe solution is to Involuntarily Re-Locate the little Bandits,using
a trap,20 or more miles away.

The worst Raccoon story (Other than someone being bitten by one)
I've heard involved a Marina ,where the boats were racked Vertically on
Steel I Beam constructs 3 high with only a corrugated roof for cover.
...You've guessed it. The little monsters ate the console (AND Inner Hull)
wiring (ANYWHERE THEY COULD ACCESS) over the Winter.
The Hulls with the most damage had covers on them.(Raccoon Privacy?)
The little buggers would lift up the covers and slip in to "Play".