The invasion might have started in the winter time. The door of the small secondary shed on the side yard was accidentally opened in the summer/fall time. The raccoon mother found this cozy and warm place in the winter time and decided to occupy it.
This Monday, my father happened to find the raccoon mother sneaked into the side yard and disappeared. He doubted that it may have entered the shed. When I opened the door of the shed and to my surprise, the raccoon mother and four raccoon babies were sleeping there.
We were scared in the beginning, as they may be a threaten to our little daughter. My parents called 911 and policeman came by. However, they can't do anything with the raccoons. So, my father decided to defend our side yard ourselves.
My father caught the four baby raccoon and put them in the park couple of hundred meters away from our home, when raccoon mother left. The raccoon mother came back to the shed and found no babies. She decided to stay in our side yard. We were scared more. Raccoon mother was trying to get into the shed even though we have closed the door. She tried to dig a hole from the ground, regardless of the rock and pebble we put there.
The following several days, the raccoon mother frequently visited our side yard and stayed there almost every night. After a week, finally, she seemed left our side yard at night. We don't know if she had found the baby raccoons, but we are somehow relived a little bit.
The defence is not over yet, but the invasion seemed stopped.
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