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Old 09-24-2018, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Avignon, France
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https://weather.com/news/trending/vi...flying-raccoon

How does this thing survive a fall like that?

And why are people clapping?
Thug life!

He landed in sand.... I imagine people were clapping because he survived.
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Old 09-24-2018, 01:00 PM
 
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That raccoon just won a bar bet is my guess.
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Old 09-24-2018, 02:11 PM
 
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Raccoon: "**********."
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Old 09-24-2018, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Redwood City, CA
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Clapping FOR the Coon, not AT it.

Sometimes I just have to clap at the end of a movie in the theater, fluffy. It makes me feel good.
It does make us feel good to show appreciation. There’s nothing wrong with that.
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Old 09-24-2018, 02:20 PM
 
Location: 912 feet above sea level
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Maybe the raccoon was from Wisconsin.

Or maybe he was intoxicated. (but I repeat myself...)

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MINNEAPOLIS – A Wisconsin man in town for a dart tournament apparently was goofing around Saturday morning at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency when he crashed through a window and fell 16 stories.
Man Falls From 17th Floor at Minneapolis Hotel, Survives | Fox News
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Old 09-24-2018, 03:32 PM
 
Location: La Mesa Aka The Table
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You notice he spread his arms out as to Glide down. He didn't hit the ground hard at all
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Old 09-24-2018, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Flawduh
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I do wonder... What was it doing up there to begin with?
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Old 09-24-2018, 06:30 PM
 
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He was looking for applause.
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Old 09-24-2018, 06:41 PM
 
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I do wonder... What was it doing up there to begin with?

Raccoons have excellent digital dexterity, so ... I surmise 'Rocky' Raccoon swiped right after sexting and was showing off to its seeming date how it would climb the highest building to get to said date, then saw it was a skunk instead of a raccoon and exited as quickly as possible?


Or maybe it wanted a better view?


Or the hum of the HVAC air handlers on that particular building was like a siren song of enticement?


Or it was bored and felt it needed to run away from it's 'partner' to find itself?


Or it heard through the animal news network that the world was going to end and thought it might have a front row seat to the mayhem and destruction, but then the predicted time passed and it realized it was a all a hoax to get raccoons to give money to skunks?
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Old 09-24-2018, 09:33 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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I’d clap too if I didn’t have to witness a raccoon splatter.
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