What did this???

[mojowp]

I would say that a large racoon could easily do that.

 

[Aunt Angus]

how long are you going for? hitting any distilleries while you're there?

2 weeks, and probably not. We're not drinkers, really. We're house sitting, actually, so we are staying for free.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Got the chicken fence working. Both it and the goat fence are putting out 10k. HOT.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I would say that a large racoon could easily do that.

I thought so, too, but the size of that bite mark and the way the neighbor's fence was flattened in 2 areas...

 

[McChooky]

I thought so, too, but the size of that bite mark and the way the neighbor's fence was flattened in 2 areas...

That got my attention too! I'm excited to hear you've got your fence up and running hot .Now you can go on your trip without worrying about a bear tearing up anything.Just be sure to bait it before you go!

 

[Patsy Montana]

Do you have bears in your area?

 

[Aunt Angus]

Do you have bears in your area?

I wouldn't read the whole thread, but we surmised it was a bear. No bueno...

I like bears a lot. I just don't like them here. I like them way over there.

 

[ChicFil- A]

I woke up this morning to find a weird scene:

My SUV car door open. Handle is 3 1/2 feet up.
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The contents of the trunk strewn about the car
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The goat feed I store in there all over
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The bucket I keep my goat feed in about 50ft away from the car with the lid ripped off and puncture marks
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Zero damage to the car or its interior, no claw marks, tracks, scat - nothing. Nothing on the ground or anywhere on the car's exterior that I can see.
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Quick backstory: We're getting ready to leave for vacation, so I stocked up on supplies, which were still in the trunk of my car. I keep the goat feed in reused kitty litter buckets for convenience. I keep it in the car for the moment because my goats got into it a few weeks ago, so I'm trying to figure out a storage solution. In the meantime, I thought the back of my SUV was secure. I was wrong, clearly.

There's also a strong skunky/musky smell. And nothing else is touched (garbage cans on the side of the house, bags of chicken feed also in the trunk, etc).

Happened some time between 4:00am and 5:30am. Hubby leaves for work at 4. I went outside and discovered the scene at 5:30.

So what do y'all think did this?

 

[ChicFil- A]

This sounds straight up like “Sasquatch”….. Seriously it sounds like an animal!
raccoons are famous for opening difficult locks and doors… but this close to Halloween !!!!

 

[artbykarenehaley]

I wouldn't read the whole thread, but we surmised it was a bear. No bueno...

I like bears a lot. I just don't like them here. I like them way over there.

I don't blame you. I like bears on the Alaskan Webcam feed on YouTube. I know that's good and far away.
When I was a teen, a neighbor had a bear. They ran a private wildlife sanctuary. Dozer belonged to someone illegally and the illegal owner had all his teeth and claws removed. He came to the sanctuary after that. We went down there to meet him and he sucked on my fingers like a baby (through the bars of his enclosure). I felt so bad for him, he had been through a lot.