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Raccoon gets drunk at Virginia ABC store, passes out in bathroom
Catherine Chen | Catherine.Chen@wtop.com
December 2, 2025, 6:57 PM

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A raccoon got a taste for trouble, and alcohol, after breaking into an ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, over the weekend, ransacking shelves and then passing out in the bathroom.
An officer from Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter responded to the store Saturday morning for a report of an unusual break-in. When Officer Martin arrived, she found shelves ransacked and bottles broken on the ground.
The suspect was discovered passed out on the floor of the bathroom, and was identified as an intoxicated raccoon, according to the shelter.
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Catherine Chen | Catherine.Chen@wtop.com
December 2, 2025, 6:57 PM

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A raccoon got a taste for trouble, and alcohol, after breaking into an ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, over the weekend, ransacking shelves and then passing out in the bathroom.
An officer from Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter responded to the store Saturday morning for a report of an unusual break-in. When Officer Martin arrived, she found shelves ransacked and bottles broken on the ground.
The suspect was discovered passed out on the floor of the bathroom, and was identified as an intoxicated raccoon, according to the shelter.
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Raccoon gets drunk at Virginia ABC store, passes out in bathroom (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
4 hrs ago
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flying rabbit
(4,914 posts)1. He'll have a story to tell
sop
(17,078 posts)2. "Drunk as a raccoon" has now officially replaced "drunk as a skunk."
Xavier Breath
(6,331 posts)3. I'm just glad that in his condition he didn't try to drive home.