Ah bless the raccoon, the cutest member of the vermin family.
With their tiny little hands and their little eyes that look like superhero masks, it’s easy to forget that raccoons aren’t friendly pets.
The internet may like to call raccoons “trash pandas” and think they’re nice cute creatures, just ready to burst into song like its a Disney film, but given the chance, a raccoon will cause havoc with your food, your friends… and even your phone.
This is a valuable life lesson Guy Williams learnt this week after he tried recording a raccoon on his phone.
A student at Bellarmine University, Guy tried recording himself feed a raccoon acorns while he was on university campus.
And then, well…. this happened.
I WAS TRYNNA VIDEO A RACCOON AND IT JUST PICKED UP MY PHONE AND TOOK OFF pic.twitter.com/sFWxdnkxbw
— Guy Williams (@ThatShamuGuy) October 12, 2016
Why is he yelling Stanley? Well that’s the name Guy gave his raccoon just moments before the theft.
had to chase it for 5 minutes and I had named it Stanley like minutes before this happened so thats why I was yelling that…😐
— Guy Williams (@ThatShamuGuy) October 12, 2016
Life comes at you fast.
Guy told BuzzFeed News that the creature eventually dropped the phone somewhere in the woods, and he eventually found it by calling it.
I was so shook… idk what I thought security was gonna do about it💀😂 pic.twitter.com/6BJZNEwkaf
— Guy Williams (@ThatShamuGuy) October 12, 2016
Guy was keen to stress that he didn’t harm Stanley while retrieving his phone, although we doubt that he could catch Stanley in the first place.
All these people in my mentions assuming I hurt the raccoon to get my phone back… simmer down lol. Dude just finally dropped it.
— Guy Williams (@ThatShamuGuy) October 12, 2016
That, my friends is handy raccoon.
Our dark Knight. pic.twitter.com/sJm3WNlyFE
— Bellarmine University⚔️ (@bellarmineU) October 12, 2016