Written by Maggie Samples \/\/ Graphic by Makayla McDonald<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents found a raccoon in habiting the ceiling of Pryor Hall resulting in the students\u2019 relocation for a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seniors Mikayla Maynard and Carly Collett and juniors Emily Palmer and Bethany Stevens live together in Pryor 316. On Saturday, Nov. 11, Stevens, Maynard, Palmer and a few others were watching a movie in the dorm when they heard a noise from the ceiling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMikayla goes and opens the pantry, and she just sees eyes,\u201d Stevens said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students called Public Safety, but when they responded, the raccoon was in the ceiling and couldn\u2019t be captured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs I was looking, I saw a little shadow,\u201d Public Safety officer Mike Mounga said. \u201cI kept looking for like 15 minutes, but I couldn\u2019t really find it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mounga told the residents to call Public Safety if they heard more noise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collett said that she heard the raccoon later that night and found it rummaging through the food in their pantry. Collett called Public Safety, but the raccoon returned to the ceiling before they arrived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey [were] like, \u2018Sorry, there\u2019s nothing we can do, but if you catch it in this bucket, we\u2019ll come back,\u2019\u201d Collett said. \u201c[They said] \u2018good luck\u2019 and left.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Collett, they decided to lure the raccoon out of the ceiling, and it was sitting in the pantry when they called Public Safety for the third time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPublic Safety walks in, and [the raccoon] reaches down, grabs hot dog buns and returns back into the ceiling,\u201d Collett said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collett said the Public Safety officers set up a trap containing bread and ramen noodles before leaving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maynard is a resident assistant and was communicating with Pryor residence life coordinator Mary Margaret Fish, who arranged for them to stay at the Heritage Inn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suitemates said that this has been a bonding experience for them. They have named the raccoon \u201cRemy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if this is valuable information, but we have found that this raccoon has a particular diet of plain bread,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really like peanut butter, obviously. I\u2019m skeptical that it\u2019s going to enjoy Spam or anchovies like everyone has been suggesting to us. I think it\u2019s just the hot dog buns.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The raccoon remains uncaptured, but they were able to move back into their dorm after returning from Thanksgiving break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[Public Safety] put the trap in the ceiling, and they keep checking it to see if it\u2019s there,\u201d Maynard said. \u201cHowever, there has been no signs of him since the Tuesday before break.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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