Crazy Raccoon and Nuclear Snaps Fireworks Show
The Night the Raccoon Went Nuclear: A Tale of Snaps and Fireworks You know those nights, right? The kind where the air is thick with anticipation, the scent of summer mingling with something a little more metallic – the promise of gunpowder. We were all set up in the backyard, blankets spread, coolers packed, eyes turned to the sky. It was one of those annual rituals, a grand display of fireworks put on by the city, visible from our little slice of suburbia. Everyone was chatting, laughing, sipping cold drinks, oblivious to the fact that this particular evening was about to take a turn for the spectacularly bizarre. We were expecting oohs and aahs, maybe a few "oops" when a sparkler got too close to someone's shoe, but certainly not a full-blown wildlife encounter that would forever be etched into our collective memory as the night the raccoon went nuclear. ...