The Story
So an elderly lady attacked some raccoons and instead of just keeling over dead they counter-attacked.That's according to KSDK in St. Louis, who actually interviewed some people and got details, unlike other news outlets who repeated the minimalist Associated Press story verbatim.
After years of humans killing every animal that got in their way, (and many who were just hiding) animals are finally fighting back. Of course it will just get them killed. Too bad we can't all live together, humans sharing food.
Cow used to trust AP stories. Now, since so many are inaccurate, it is discouraging that they become the bible of the Internet, and so few individual, independent news outlets are profitable enough to keep reporters on their own payrolls anymore.
Moo!
posted by The Topiary Cow at
8:13 AM
6 Comments:
Did she try to shoo them away with a broom? Maybe that's what infuriated them. No raccoon wants to be chivvied with a bristly thing.
Daisy: Believe you're right. And it will be a soggy kick--what with global warming melting everything, apparently.
(rowing quickly to practice)
Gorilla: No story (but then there's only two, the AP and the other one) mentions these important details.
Guessing they were just hungry, and easily irritated (involuntary dieting=grumpy).
Cow feels sorry for the raccoons, and sorry that she can't feel sorry for the lady, but just doesn't. Had the lady not been harassing them they wouldn't have bothered her.
Moo!
I hear you! my mother's a journalist and they've laid off most of her staff. Now she has to go to insane lengths to get an actual story since she doesn't have a human body to send out to do it. Perhaps I should suggest she send out raccoons? they seem pretty crafty huh?
I'm with you on not harrassing neighbours whatever their shape
and on the lack of proper reporting.
Boo
But they are so cute them little raccoons. Maybe they were playing.
I read the Daily Mail (uk). That is the pinnacle of dubious truths in reporting. Hence the reason I read it each day..
Kate: sorry about your mom, and the state of newspapers and reporting everywhere. Personally think raccoons would be great reporters--just think how cute with tiny microphones and little notepads!
Lulu: Cow glad you let neighbors live, whether they be raccoon-shape or clad in some questionable Turkish-tourist garb (ha! Loving your travels)
Linda: Another Daily Mail enthusiast! That's the first thing Cow reads (deep dark secret) and even better is reading the comments when you come to a particularly enraging story like the lady with 6 kids allowed to pay back her welfare fraud at pennies a day (yesterday)
Cow just think there must have been more to this story about raccoons--couldn't the lady have just gone in her house and shut the door? Questioning Moo!
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