A strange raccoon story from Kentucky

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I will be honest and admit that I do not know much about raccoons climbing up light pole on streets since it is seldom reported by the news media of firefighters having to rescue a raccoon that needs their help to come down from a light pole or a tall tree. A raccoon was seen last Friday on top of a light pole in Campbell County Kentucky near a Meijer supermarket store. As usual the Campbell County Firefighters contacted the Campbell County Animal Shelter, Kentucky Fish & Wildlife, the Kentucky State Highway Patrol and other officials in an attempt to rescue the raccoon during the afternoon. What happened next was that the attempt to rescue the raccoon failed since the raccoon managed to get from the top of the light pole to the ground overnight and vanish into the wooded area. Even though it is an odd story, the good news part is that the raccoon did not suffer any injuries coming down the top of the light pole to the ground even though I have no knowledge on how raccoons can come down from tall light poles to the ground unlike cats who do not have the ability to climb down from a tall tree since their paws cannot grab a tree going down safely.