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CFD rescues raccoon in Resale Shop restroom

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Chesterton firefighters rescued a raccoon on Tuesday from a restroom at the Duneland Resale Shop.

Capt. Rudy Jimenez told the Chesterton Tribune today that just before 11 a.m. a Resale Shop volunteer walked across the street to the fire station to ask for help in removing a raccoon which had somehow gotten inside the building and was currently in a restroom.

Lt. Steve Himan, armed with a lasso device used by animal control officers--the CFD has found it convenient to keep one at the ready, Jimenez noted--and accompanied by Firefighter/EMT Brad Tyskiewicz, managed quite easily to secure the fellow, then walked him out of the building and released him on Eighth Street, “far enough from the store” to make it unlikely that he’d return.

Jimenez described the raccoon as young and small and said that he “looked pretty healthy.”

How he got into the Resale Shop is anyone’s guess, Jimenez added.

 

Posted 6/24/2015

 
 
 
 
 

 

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