{"id":10988,"date":"2025-12-03T18:31:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=10988"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:31:34","slug":"a-drunk-raccoon-passed-out-in-the-bathroom-of-a-virginia-liquor-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/12\/03\/a-drunk-raccoon-passed-out-in-the-bathroom-of-a-virginia-liquor-store\/","title":{"rendered":"A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NYT<\/a> A raccoon entered a liquor store the other day and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m just going to lie down here (hic) for a second.\u201d
Credit: Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. \u201cIt wreaked havoc,\u201d said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. \u201cIt broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the rum, moonshine and peanut butter whiskey, the raccoon also got into some vodka and \u2014 seasonally appropriate! \u2014 eggnog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not tried it, peanut butter whiskey \u201cis excellent,\u201d Ms. Mawyer said. The raccoon apparently agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The raccoon\u2019s trail of shame.
Credit: Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n