# Dozens of "zombie" raccoons found dead in New York City's Central Park **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470 "2018-07-23T19:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/1 "2018-07-23T19:45:26Z")
[Story here](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/232559/20180723/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-yorks-central-park-whats-happening.htm) > [@](#): > > Dozens of raccoons believed to have exhibited zombie-like behavior have been found dead in New York’s Central Park over the past month, raising concern among officials and citizens. I know NYC is the place that has everything. Apparently even _zombie raccoons?_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/2 "2018-07-23T20:36:37Z")
How exactly does a zombie-coon act? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/3 "2018-07-23T20:50:10Z")
And were they fast or slow zombie raccoons? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/4 "2018-07-23T20:50:22Z")
My guess is that a distemper epidemic got 'em. Raccoons are vulnerable to distemper, and they don’t exactly have wonderful personal hygiene or any knowledge of the concept of quarantine being wild animals and all. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/5 "2018-07-23T20:55:09Z")
That, or they got into some junkie’s bath salts stash. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/6 "2018-07-23T21:06:51Z")
[\*\*So, now, it’s finally starting to make sense! \*\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4sUsldPlc) ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/7 "2018-07-23T21:07:51Z")
Zombie Raccoons: good band name! ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/8 "2018-07-23T21:09:05Z")
Zombie Raccoons: good band name! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/9 "2018-07-23T22:11:00Z")
Twice is nice. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/10 "2018-07-23T22:38:10Z")
Zombie Raccoons are formidable, no doubt: they’re born in disguise and they have thumbs. They’re a menace and a nuisance. [Zombeavers](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombeavers/) are deadly killers, tho; thank Og it was just raccoons! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/11 "2018-07-24T01:31:11Z")
We had a raccoon behaving like that in our yard. We had it taken away. Don’t know what happened to it after that. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/12 "2018-07-24T01:47:26Z")
It was most likely euthanized then its brain examined for rabies. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/13 "2018-07-24T02:36:00Z")
I had a raccoon with distemper in my back yard and it was acting really weird, kept falling off the stump it was on. Was driving my dogs nuts trying to get at it, but it lucked out and fell into a spot in between two parallel fence sections so they couldn’t get at it. I called Animal Control and that was the end of that. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dozens-of-zombie-raccoons-found-dead-in-new-york-citys-central-park/818470/14 "2018-07-24T04:05:00Z")
> [@RunSilent](#): > > Zombie Raccoons: good band name! Not as good as Zombie Trash Pandas.