Raccoons! Are you kidding?

Happy Tuesday. Last night was quite an adventure. While closing barns up last night, I walked in on 2 huge raccoons that were dining IN on my cat’s food. There was no food in the bowls so these 2 guys had figured out how to undo a screw top, pet food container. I have found the top open a couple of times recently and figured someone had just forgotten to close it. In hind site I now know I was mistaken. Anyway I chased the offenders out of the cats room and shut the door. These 2 did not want to leave the barn however. They scattered and tried to hide. I grabbed a broom and started hitting things and yelling, trying to make enough noise so that they would leave. I saw 1 scoot out the door but was not where I could see if both left. Well I shut the barn door hoping for the best. Soon I realized that one guy, a HUGE raccoon was still in the barn. My cats are looking at me like what??? I re-open the door and start yelling again, NOTHING, this raccoon doesn’t care at all. He goes to the back corner where my son has some moving boxes temporarily stored. I can’t get to him back there. Soooo I start making my way back to the corner, climbing over and around boxes. There is a lawn chair in my way, so I thought I could step on part of the frame and clime over it, as I try the stupid thing breaks and I find myself down on the ground all tangled up in the ———— chair. I slowly untangle myself and climb out from the mess. I am now really mad and limping so I am really yelling at the raccoon who is looking at me laughing I am sure. So I yell louder and smack him with the broom. Finally the beast runs out of the barn. Now I have to climb back out of the boxes, shut the door, and limp back to the house. I bet you are wondering why I just didn’t shoot them right? The answer is that I thought if I missed they would bleed all over the inside of the barn. In hind site it might have been a better plan, ouch. 🤣☺️Be well.