PARK SLOPE RACCOONS RIDE AGAIN

In all of my years documenting the crazy shit that goes down in Park Slope, the one story that sticks with me like no other is Raccoongate of 2010. To refresh your memories, this was the harrowing tale of a woman who innocently woke up one summer morning, made her way to her kitchen in her 3rd floor apartment, and was greeted with a raccoon that had been self DECAPITATED in her silverware drawer. The story and photos were so crazy, I was convinced they had been photoshopped. Alas, they were not...and yes: it was the stuff that nightmares are made of. Well today we bring you an equally terrifying raccoon video sent in by FIPS reader William Levin. 

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"Big, Sassy Raccoon" Ruins Park Slope Couple's Yom Kippur

The Yom Kippur Raccoon

Geeeeeeezus, people.

When Park Slope's raccoons aren't killing our cats or getting trapped in our kitchen cabinets, they're intruding on our holiday festivities! A FiPS reader celebrating Yom Kippur last Wednesday wrote in with an account of a raccoon that he found inside his home snacking on his cat's fancy feast tuna. Here's the story:

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RACCOON KILLS CAT!? PARK SLOPE FREAKS

Or maybe I should speak for myself. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!

According to this post from Park Slope Patch, the following events took place:

1. Some poor dude came home to find a suspicious scene in his apt.
2. His window screen was pried off.
3. There were bloody paw prints on the floor.
4. His sweet 6-month-old cat was lying dead in his bathtub, with it's intestines splayed all over the place.

OMFG.

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