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At 9 A.M. on Thursday, a man in Toronto reported a dead raccoon on the sidewalk to the city


Message received


Around noon, however, someone placed a note next to it


6 hours later, he was found with a flower, a card and a framed photo


Someone gave the raccoon its own personal memorial hastag, #DeadRaccoonTO



Sharpies and memorial cards appeared


At around 8 P.M., he was still there, and the flowers were piling up


One city councilor offered to leave bins open as a sign of mourning and respect


Almost 12 hours later – at 8:20 P.M. – the raccoon was still there


Passersby began a candlelight vigil


Someone even places a Jesus candle


“The proper authorities will only move this little fella when enough funds are raised”


People continued to leave him messages of love and grief


Toronto’s animal services showed up around 11:00


Goodnight, sweet prince


He’s gone, but people are still lighting candles

This made twitter so fun yesterday.

There's nothing about this I don't love.

Well, except it's a little squicky that people got this close to a dead raccoon.

Chad Sexington said:

This made twitter so fun yesterday.

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A raccoon died man, too soon.

ThatNickGuy said:

There's nothing about this I don't love.

Well, except it's a little squicky that people got this close to a dead raccoon.

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In North America, you're probably never more than 100yds away from a dead raccoon at any moment.
...even if you're in an airplane.

--Patrick

We babysat two baby raccoons when I was a kid. They were a lot of fun.


Goodnight sweet bandit.

ThatNickGuy said:

There's nothing about this I don't love.

Well, except it's a little squicky that people got this close to a dead raccoon.

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You love that a racoon died? Monster.

See, this. THIS is what happens to a city when they get a bit TOO unhinged during the NHL off-season.

We're not unhinged because of that. It's the one time of the year the Leafs aren't losing.