Citizen complaint of the day: People need to stop playing Clue with raccoons

By adamg on Wed, 09/18/2013 - 5:33pm

An unamused citizen reports on the grisly scene on Guild Street in Roxbury:

Raccoon corpse in road. Evidence suggests victim died as result of blunt trauma via bludgeoning with board. Please send medical examiner, photog, latent prints, crime lab team, and person with a shovel.

Complete with a photo of said deceased boarded animal.

City marks case closed, says carcass was picked up. No word on Professor Plum's whereabouts.

Neighborhoods:

Roxbury

Free tagging:

Raccoons

Wildlife

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Comments

Quick! Call Dan Conley

By JohnCostello on Wed, 09/18/2013 - 5:39pm.

He can investigate this at length and add it to the latest Boston (Raccoon) Strangler update we needed to know about.

Col. Mustard with the

By anonism on Wed, 09/18/2013 - 7:24pm.

Col. Mustard with the candlestick.

That's my theory.

Are we sure

By fenwayguy on Thu, 09/19/2013 - 9:30am.

Are we sure it's not just napping in the shade?

Why Waterboarding is preferred

By Markk02474 on Thu, 09/19/2013 - 9:52am.

Done correctly, waterboarding isn't as likely to be lethal while still convincing the raccoon not to knock over trash barrels and scatter the contents.