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Did You Know There Are Racoons in Park Slope?
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Jacob Dobkin
Published Aug 9, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Here is some photographic proof, courtesy of F.Trainer on Flickr. He explains:
these little beasts were eating some chicken that workers had carelessly left in the yard....they were not scared of flashlights or camera flashes, strangely however, if i repeated the word "chicken" a few times they would scamper off....
Our theory is that these critters migrated south from Williamsburg once they grew tired of feeding on hipster garbage. If anyone spots a coyote in Carroll Gardens, please let us know!
Related:
Racoons in Staten Island
A Racoon in Jersey Who Rode the Bus
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Jake Dobkin co-founded Gothamist with Jen Chung. In 2019, Jake released Ask a Native New Yorker, a book based on his Gothamist advice column.
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