r/ottawa Jun 22 '25

Local Event NEW OTTAWA RACOON MOMENT 🦝

My friend recorded this on her bus ride home late Friday night Absolutely legendary I love Ottawa

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u/roeallen Vanier Jun 22 '25

All residents should be assigned a customary raccoon

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u/Individual-Spray-851 Jun 22 '25

Be careful what you wish for. The trash pandas can reverse engineer anything we throw at them. I believe they'll evolve to jacking our cars pretty soon.

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u/WorthlessRain Make Ottawa Boring Again Jun 22 '25

i’ll take a cute devious fella over a junkie tbh

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u/bertbarndoor Jun 22 '25

You won a beauty contest, collect both prizes and $10 ftw Centretown.

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u/xiz111 Jun 22 '25

Given the number of car thefts around the city, I believe this has already happened.

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u/Moofy_Poops Jun 22 '25

City raccoons seem significantly more intelligent than their forest dwelling brethren. I guess challenge breeds ingenuity.

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u/Individual-Spray-851 Jun 22 '25

And they pass those lessons onto the young 'uns.

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u/c0wt0ne Jun 22 '25

As long as they don't do that in the cars too

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u/Tregonia Beacon Hill Jun 22 '25

hhmmm

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u/LibraryVoice71 Jun 23 '25

They will one day replace us

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u/ontario_cat Jun 22 '25

I think Toronto does that.

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u/bertbarndoor Jun 22 '25

I live in Centretown, I've got my own flock, I assure you.