As I opened my lower deck patio door, I thought I heard - "What's your problem? I have a mask on and I'm keeping socially distant." He was in the leaves next to the deck below the retaining wall and I opened the sliding door and shook a metal crutch at him to scare him away. The fat little guy scaled the lower 5 ft retaining wall to the next level below the upper deck. There's no snow under the deck and I forgot to rake the leaves under the deck which now gets added to my to yearly to do list. My big fear is it might be a she getting ready to have babies and looking for a warm spot - not under my three season porch! Definitely the fattest racoon I've seen in a long time.

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