Donald Trump is doing his best to destroy this country. But today was the day that everyone came together to root on a wayward raccoon.
Tuesday morning, a cute little raccoon in Minnesota set off on a mission that ended up breaking the internet.
The animal was first spotted over the weekend at the Town Square building in St. Paul. A reporter from Minnesota Public Radio tweeted out this picture saying that the raccoon had been trapped on a ledge of the building.
This poor raccoon apparently got itself stranded on a ledge of the Town Square office building in downtown St. Paul, likely on an errant mission to raid pigeon nests on the skyway over 7th Street. It's been there for two days now, without food or water. @mprnews pic.twitter.com/fVI5pmdCWq
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018
When workers tried to rescue the raccoon on Tuesday he scurried over to the very tall UBS tower. And he started climbing. And climbing. And climbing.
I don't know if I can watch this much longer. The #mprraccoon is scaling the UBS Tower. Now 12 stories up. pic.twitter.com/MaP35MLo9j
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018
My picture from the 13th floor around noon. Hope he makes it down OK! #mprraccoon pic.twitter.com/gfVWysn9iO
— Ben (@Johnson88Ben) June 12, 2018
He stopped climbing late this afternoon and took a long rest on a 23rd floor window ledge.
Can you see him? He's waaaaaay up there pic.twitter.com/ZnRZGr2qH4
— Tad Vezner (@SPnoir) June 12, 2018
The #mprraccoon has arisen from his nap and is climbing again. pic.twitter.com/K1popKu2bF
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018
He is on the ledge on our floor. He seems to be doing well. We’ve been told that the building has live traps on the roof and are trying to get him to go up there. We all just have to keep our fingers crossed.. #mprraccoon pic.twitter.com/HY1PkuFKz0
— Paige Donnelly law (@donnelly_law) June 12, 2018
The #mprraccoon is doing a little grooming now that he's a social media star. You know, on a 23rd floor window ledge. @MPRnews pic.twitter.com/pGcwh7OJ6L
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018
And now the whole internet is rooting for the little guy to make it to the roof of the building where fire fighters have set a live trap with some cat food. The windows on the building don’t open, so they can’t save him that way. They’re also afraid that if they try to use window washer scaffolding to get to him, it will scare him and he could jump. The poor little guy hasn’t had food or water for at least two days.
At the start of my day I never would’ve guessed that I’d be holding my breath rooting for a little Minnesota raccoon tonight. But this was just the story that I needed today. Come on little trash panda. You can do it!
There are even new raccoon twitter accounts.
I made a big mistake. #mprraccoon
— The MPR Raccoon (@TheStPaulRacco1) June 12, 2018
What do I like to eat most?
— MPR-Raccoon (@MprRaccoon) June 12, 2018
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter tried to reassure people on social media Tuesday evening.
Even wild animals know @cityofsaintpaul is a great place to reach for higher heights. We’re working with staff & building owner to find a way to help #MPRraccoon without further endangering it or staff by scaring or making it feel threatened.
— Mayor Melvin Carter (@MayorCarter_) June 12, 2018
I have no idea how this little guy is going to get down. But I really, REALLY hope he does. We could all use some good news today.
You can follow updates on the raccoon on Twitter with the #mpraccoon hashtag and there is a live feed on Facebook as the drama plays out…
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