There is a raccoon on my front porch and he's just staring at me

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

through a window. He's not moving but is just staring. I don't know what he wants. I wish he'd stop staring at me.

[Newest Reality]

1. Did you ask him?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Food, sex, or shelter. NT

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Leave him alone.

They can carry rabies.
And bite.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. I always leave them alone.

[d_b]

4. maybe he needs a friend

[applegrove]

5. His regular haunt in the restaurant district is empty. No easy pickings.

He's asking where your dumpster is.

[5X]

6. At least he has his mask on. n/t

[IADEMO2004]

7. Are you sure it's a he? Are you sure it's not looking at its reflection?

Apologies. fact check over load today yesterday well you know

[Nictuku]

8. Rocky Raccoon

Thanks Kentuk for posting this earlier, I totally enjoyed it.

Play it for your voyeur friend:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017585453

[fleur-de-lisa]

9. He wants your credit card number. Didn't you notice his mask?

[MLAA]

15. 😊

[DonaldsRump]

10. Highly recommend a dog barking though an inside window

Most raccoons won't come back if they sense a dog is around. That being said, if you have a dog, don't let puppy outside. Raccoons will fight a dog.

Just let Mr./Ms Raccoon know that you have a dog from the inside of your place, and you might not see the raccoon again.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I don't have a dog, just a couple of elderly cats.

The raccoon isn't bothering me, really; I just thought it was odd to be stared at by one through a screened-in window.

[DonaldsRump]

17. The exact same thing happened to us when we moved into our new house

It was the very first night in our new place. Mr. Raccoon just stared at us as 200am with our dog barking. For whatever reason, Mr. Raccoon has never come back since then.

Putting all things aside, I love animals. After three years of Trump, I now say animals are a better version of humans.

[Dream Girl]

18. They were sever who used to come to our family room door and look at us while we watched tv.

One of them looked into our bathroom window while I was sitting on the toilet. Scared the shit out of me..( just a figure of speech.)

[Dream Girl]

19. After we gat a dog we never saw them agin. They don't come by.

[LeftInTX]

27. I would probably make noise when it comes back

We have raccoons do the same. They like to watch us.

Unfortunately, hubby has his desk at that spot and enjoys seeing them and tries to get pics.

I would prefer that he chase them away.

I hear too many stories about raccoons and houses for my own good. My house has a fireplace and in South Texas, we have no need for it, so we closed the chimney off with a hinged flap. After living here for about 20 years, one night we heard, "bang, bang". The raccoons had figured out that they could open the flap. That was it: We sealed the flap.

Sometimes when I go in the backyard at night, I bring a couple of pans with me and bang them together, just to shoo them off.

[PJMcK]

12. We've had a huge raccoon chewing on our deck

I don’t know if it’s sharpening its teeth or what. It looks to weigh 75+ lbs.

Stay away from them. Scare them away. They can attack viciously.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. I always stay away from them. This one is probably young;

it's no bigger than a cat. They can get pretty big, though.

[MLAA]

14. I want to see a pic of him!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. If he comes back before it gets too dark I'll try to get a photo.

[MLAA]

20. Great, I shouldn't have added another burden to you tonight

after the trick your cat pulled on you earlier 😻

[Solly Mack]

22. He knows what you did last summer.

[Karadeniz]

23. He wants dog kibble!

[kas125]

24. Did you try giving him a Gideon's bible?

[MissB]

25. We used to have one show up

We have a wraparound porch, and lots of windows. Our door along the side of the house is all glass.

We used to feed our cats outside on the porch. Then a raccoon started showing up.

It got brave enough to just stare at us through the door. That’s fine, but a bit awkward when we were having a dinner party with lots of guests.

We no longer feed the cats outside.

[Kaleva]

26. As mentioned above, raccoons are only interested in food, sex and shelter.

I suggest playing Captain & Tennille's "Muskrat Love" to set the mood.

[sl8]

28. A few hours later, and that raccoon is telling his buddies ...

about the weird human that wouldn't stop stop staring at him through the window.

[sarge43]

29. Stare into the pit and the pit will stare back. n/t

[red dog 1]

30. Maybe he likes you?