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Reckless Raccoon Makes Totally Unnecessary Leap of Faith to Escape Helpful Firemen

This little risk-taking raccoon found himself stranded at the top of a tree near a school in Russia's Pyatigorsk, drawing the attention of schoolchildren. Not long after, a crowd of kids gathered around as local firemen arrived on the scene to try to coax the little bugger down from the top of the birch tree. The fire truck moved in and two firemen climbed up the ladder to the frightened fluffy creature. However, as the firemen neared the fluffy creature, trying to convince him to climb into the waiting blanket, he panicked and decided to make a run for it. The incident, which looked like something straight of a roadrunner cartoon where Wile E Coyote hovers in the air before plummeting down a cliff, shocked the children but at first, but firemen gathered around the creature and found out that he was unharmed after the fall. The firemen wrapped him up in a blanket, keeping him warm from the chilly fall temperatures and put him in a cage so that vets could check on him. The experience left the little critter a bit shaken up, but the firemen tossed him some yummy treats and he seemed to be pretty satisfied his snacks. The raccoon was then left in the hands of volunteers who will try to find him a new home. Most importantly, this reckless raccoon lived to tell the tale of his leap of faith from the birch tree.