Raccoon Diner had Nine Tonight

James Blackwood
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Nov 8, 2025
SUPER COLD TONIGHT AND SNOW STILL ON THE DECK, WE HAD NINE SOULS TO FEED AND WERE VERY HUNGRY AT 7:10 PM ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER 2025.
Seven.
>> Seven raccoons.
>> I got seven raccoons out there.
And I just like have a quick look here
first.
There they are.
There's the babies. Oh my god. One, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine.
>> Uhoh.
>> We got nine raccoons.
Look at the snow on the deck.
Yep.
>> And it's going down to zero tonight at
32 Fahrenheit.
>> Wow.
>> Oh, they're eating the uh
>> Look at them. Look at them going at the
uh
>> Cheerios.
>> The Cheerios.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Y'all hungry?
>> Are you hungry?
>> Well, I get out of your way here.
There. Hope they don't call run.
>> I'll go sle. Huh?
>> Everybody's hungry.
>> Are you hungry? Let's get you something
to eat. Come on.
Here they're coming.
I find two. Oh, there's bandits there.
Yeah. Do you know what? All the food was
left over from last night. They didn't
touch it. We just had two raccoons last
night.
What do you do? All run out with their
What the heck was that?
[Music]
>> What?
>> They took off.
>> Is there anybody barking?
>> They're coming back. Yeah, they're
coming back now.
They hear the cookies going.
>> There they are.
>> It's chilly. I was out today. I had to
take pictures of the house front and
back for the insurance company and uh
get the mail. My hands are froze.
[Music]
>> Look at them all.
Come on, baby.
>> And last night she had all this food out
and they didn't come eat it. It was just
the one just the two that showed up.
They must have been hungry then
if they come up.
>> God, they're spooky.
>> Look at them.
I got to put this light off here. It's
shining in the
shining on the window.
There's Charlotte
there.
That's better now.
Oh, there's there's Bandit.
>> There's a little girl.
What's she want? Cookies.
Yeah, she's going to get a cookie. Oh,
no. She took a hot dog.
She wanted a hot dog.
She wants a hot dog.
We had nine there.
>> More coming up the steps.
>> There's Connor. Get up in your tree
there. Get up there out of the way.
We figured they'd be winter and banana,
but uh see last year we had them until
the first week of December,
but uh it's super cold out today.
Yeah, I'll get out of her way.
>> Okay, I'm out.
>> Huh? Cold up there, is it?
>> Yeah, they're eating.
>> Yeah, I was surprised.
>> They're down in the yard. I think
because they're scared something I try
and get them and it gives them a better
run.
>> Yeah, there's there was nine out there.
I counted.
>> Yeah, I'm going to get them some.
>> There's one, two, three
>> marshmallows, too.
>> There's five out there now.
And uh where's Bandit? Was she on?
>> She's on the steps.
>> Yeah,
>> I gave her three hot dogs on the steps.
>> All right, I got to get out of here.
>> That way. Talk to the little boy.
>> Yeah, I can't see through the screen in
this.
>> There you go.
>> There.
Oh, don't throw them out in the ground
cuz they go after they're all running
after them.
They all run down after the They all run
down after them.
There's only three up here now.
Bobb's there. She's in the corner
drinking water.
>> Put some on the on the step.
Huh?
>> Well, that's a little bit there, is it?
>> Well, you're not little bit anymore.
>> Bobb's in the corner
coming out there now.
There he is right here. Look,
see you got no tail.
Yeah,
big though.
>> Look at the size of her.
That little bit is right dark.
He didn't put any there.
He threw them all out in the lawn.
Yeah.
>> Yeah. Growing up the tree.
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And uh they killed all them ostriches
in British Columbia. What a bunch of
idiots the government is.
And the the bills the the birds were
healthy.
And they and you know how they did it?
They coraled them in a they they built
this uh corral out of hay so nobody
could see. And they shot them all.
They said, "Oh, it was in it was uh
humane
and the vets were there." That's not
humane shooting them.
Oh, I was some wild.
>> Yeah. The Supreme Court didn't even want
to hear the case.
>> The lower court made the decision. They
said, "We're not going to we're not
going to hear the case.
Here.
Get in here.
>> Get in here. Let them come up.
>> I'm in.
>> It's cold. We just got one uh two there.
>> Yeah. Bandit left. She had six hot dogs.
>> Yeah.
>> And what's uh
>> Little bit's been eating all the
cookies.
>> And u
>> him and Elsa and and
>> Bobb's in the corner there with the
water.
>> Is she?
>> Yeah.
>> Are you hungry?
>> You are.
>> Yeah. Well, there's more coming up the
steps now.
>> I have to get them some more cookies.
>> More hot dogs.
>> Hang on, Charlotte.
>> No, just just let them eat what they got
there right now.
>> Okay.
>> Cuz they may not eat all that.
>> Yeah, that's true.
>> Yeah. So, just hang off a little bit.
>> When I went to get your fish uh when I
was leaving
>> Huh? When I went to get your fish,
>> the um
neighbor's front yard across the street
>> Yeah.
>> was full of deer.
>> Was that?
>> Yeah.
>> Well, if the dog was out, they wouldn't
be.
>> I know.
>> He chases them.
>> There you go, little girl. There's your
supper.
>> She didn't eat fish tonight.
>> Yeah, she had fish.
You gave her some?
>> Yeah. Yeah. She ate it. She ate four or
five pieces.
>> I didn't know that.
>> Yeah. And he he ate a lot, too.
>> Did you eat a lot, Conor?
Did you eat a whole lot of stuff
tonight?
>> No, he wouldn't give me anything.
>> You had fish. Don't be lying.
You had I had fish and chips tonight and
I ate half of it. No, I gave her quite a
few pieces.
Yeah,
>> it's little.
>> See, they're coming up now. See?
>> Yeah.
Well, at least they're eating.
>> Yeah,
>> we'll have quite a few tomorrow night
>> cuz it's supposed to get up to almost 60
tomorrow.
>> Is that?
>> Yeah,
it'll melt all the snow.
>> Yeah, I Well, I The steps were all icy
when I went down there.
>> Yeah, they were icy when I went, too.
>> Yeah, I had to take my time.
And it was all it was snow all over the
uh
>> the deck when and the snow the the lawn
this morning.
>> Yeah.
>> Look at the
>> Look at him.
>> That's
>> Bobby.
>> Bobby there.
Johnny thinks that's a small bear.
>> She's healthy.
>> Yeah, you got no tail.
You don't need tail anyway. No.
>> What was that?
>> They're listening.
>> They hear something.
>> They're watching out there. Huh?
>> Yeah, they're on alert.
>> Yeah. I wonder if they know the deer's
there.
>> They might. Uh-oh. Here we go.
Everybody's
>> Yeah.
>> getting ready to bolt.
Look how furry that little one's.
>> Look at him standing up. Yeah, the fur
is going down over their their legs.
>> Yes. Look at them
>> for the winter.
>> Yeah, they're all running, though.
>> Yep.
>> One pie stay in there.
>> That's mama's baby. Yes,
he's mama's little boy.
>> Yeah.
>> Yes, he mommy's. I had I had Charlotte
and bed with me up till 5 to 6:00 and
then he come in and chased her out.
>> No.
>> Then he come back in and slept till noon
hour.
>> Yep.
>> She was doing good there laying up
against me getting the warm.
>> He's just a baby. Yes, she is. He's just
a baby.
>> Put your fingers in there.
>> He's just a baby.
He's just a baby.
Yes.
>> I don't trust him when he's there.
>> He mommy's baby.
>> Yes.
My little boy.
>> And she's out here.
>> She finished eating her supper. There
she is. She's done.
>> Huh?
>> She's done.
>> Well, she she ate hers.
>> Yep. She had her supper.
>> Did you eat all your supper,
Charlotte? Did you have your supper? You
had fish, too, didn't you?
>> Yeah. And what do we get today?
>> A snow job.
>> Yep.
>> I'll put the light on here. There we go.
>> It's a snow shovel. Battery operated.
>> Battery operated.
>> Yeah. That's for doing the the deck.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Electric snow shovel.
I had one before I gave it to Liz
>> and uh that was somebody from the state
sent it to me and Barb has
>> the big one they sent.
>> She uses it every day cuz I had a brand
new
three stage snowblower.
>> I didn't need it.
>> What are you doing?
>> So anyway, I got this one to do the deck
with.
>> What you doing?
The other one I had I gave it to Janine.
Uh
>> cuz it had power. You had to plug it in.
It
>> was electric.
>> Yeah. I didn't like it, so I gave it to
her.
>> You want something?
>> You want something? You want some? Want
some?
>> Want some?
>> No. Go.
>> Tell me how much you want.
>> Well, we're going to put it together
Saturday. Is it?
>> Yeah. How much you want?
>> You want some?
What are you doing?
>> Huh?
>> Connor cat.
>> He's a little piglet.
>> And I had
Rice Krispie squares and he was eating
them on me. Yeah,
>> here you go.
>> It was quarter after
>> 10 after little almost quarter after
seven.
>> Charlotte, you want a treat
>> on a Friday night?
>> Yeah. You want a treat? She said, "Yeah,
>> she
>> You want treats?
Here you go, baby."
>> Good girl.
>> You're a good girl.
Oh,
>> a good girl.
>> Oh, they're back up again.
>> They're back again,
>> are they?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, I'm going to go in the living
room. Sit. Yeah, I'm going to put this
on the
up on the YouTube.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> All righty,
>> everybody. Have a good weekend.
>> Yeah.
>> And we'll talk to you tomorrow.
>> Byebye.
>> Bye.
