Raccoons make home atop Wash. construction crane

February 6, 2013 @ 9:25 pm

SEATTLE (AP) - Workers using a tower crane to build a 304-unit apartment complex in Seattle have run into a complication: two raccoons climbed 150 feet up the crane and made a home behind the crane's cab.

KING-TV reports ( http://is.gd/ntbMII) that the raccoons have temporarily brought the giant machine to a halt.

A crane operator spotted the new residents while ascending the tower Wednesday. The general contractor, Rafn Company, called in experts who are trying to catch the critters with humane traps.

Project superintendent John Kellberg says this is a first for him.

The apartment complex in the city's Ballard neighborhood is due to open in the summer of 2014. KING reports that neighbors say large raccoons are common in Ballard.

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Information from: KING-TV, http://www.king5.com/


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  • vern ivan wrote...
    Racoons:
    February 6, 2013 10:22 pm
    There is no WDFW season or bag limit for racooon. Shoot them. They ain't "cute" just a big nasty rodent. Large rats in the attic. And they eat dogs and cats, other rats. So the next time one sets up on its haunches and begs for food, feed them a bullet.
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