Rabid Raccoons

Source: http://www.minnesotawildanimalmanagement.com/raccoon_removal.html

Ok these raccoons most likely weren't rabid, but they did just scare the crap out of Nikki L and I this evening. They were huge and overtaking our driveway and yard. We had just gotten done babysitting and were pulling into our driveway when we saw a raccoon run across the driveway by the garage. We were obviously creeped out and Nikki told me to get my keys ready to get into the house. As I was about to get out of the car I saw something move in the yard next to me. It was another raccoon, this one didn't seem to be really running and hiding. I told her to get back in the car and I turned the headlights on so we could kind of see it. We then sat in the car wondering what to do next. The raccoon then started walking closer to the house so we didn't want to get out. It finally went around the porch, but we weren't exactly sure where so we didn't want to get out of the car in case it came after us or something [the whole time we could still see the other one by the garage]. Then I decided I would just back up the car and park it right next to the porch so we could run out of the car and quickly open the door to go inside. We did this and after fumbling a bit I got the door open and we ran inside as the creepy raccoon watched us from the garage. We felt much better as we were safe in our home. About 5 minutes later I was in the kitchen looking out the window and saw one of them back in the driveway walking towards the porch. I watched from the window as it walked up on the porch and then I tapped on the window a few times. It looked up and saw me and then ran away back towards the garage. Hopefully they'll both gone for the night and won't be sneaking up on us anytime soon, but I'm guessing that they will make an appearance again.