# urban raccoon problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-raccoon-problem/631621>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-raccoon-problem/631621 "2012-08-15T23:17:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-raccoon-problem/631621/21 "2012-09-21T00:06:03Z")

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> [@CC](#):
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> Hah! I don’t have a purse!

That’s because the racoon got it already.  
We had a garage with a locking door. A raccoon decided to move in by prying up a corner.  
We had a chimney. A family of racoons dediced to move in, so I smoked them out and capped the chimney with several contrete patio slabs. They pushed them off and moved back in.

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-raccoon-problem/631621/22 "2012-09-21T01:42:58Z")

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Mothballs.

Tie some mothballs in pantyhose and hang them on the inside of the dumpster.

If that doesn’t discourage critters, sacrifice them for the greater good of the species.

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