Kate's Point of View

The Product of Creative Frustration

Raccoons and Ransom Notes

We found another ransom note in our backyard.

Sort of. Maybe I need to back up a bit.

Back in 2008, Wonder Boy and I found an ugly ceramic racoon in our backyard accompanied by the note, “Next time we take the cat.”

This igly raccoon statue was left in my yard alongside a ransom note.  A ransom note left in my backyard.

Fast forward two years and we found another ugly raccoon statue, accompanied by a note and a lot of golf balls. This note read, “We want our balls back. You know what we’re talking about.”

A ceramic raccoon left alongside a ransom note left in my backyard.A ransom note left in my backyard.

There are some trends here. Ransom notes that definitely refer to cats and also talk about either golf ball, or, potentially, cat testicles if this is some ardent non-believer of fixing cats.

After each of the notes, queried friends and family. Honestly, we never looked past friends and family. No one claimed it.

And now we’ve got another note, this time accompanied by two ugly raccoon statues. This one reads, “Cats, rats, freedom. Let them go, I’ll be watching.”

Raccoon statues and a ransom note found in my bacykard.

Once again, this leaves me wondering whodunnit. No one is laying claim. But I have other questions. Where does someone find so many raccoon statues? And are they spending money for them? I hope not much! And the notes… they take time. Who cares enough to take this time?

Reactions when we show people range from laughter to people being creeped out. I’m pretty entertained, though a little troubled by our growing collection of ceramic raccoons…

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  1. Maria Sprinkle

    Kate, that is so eerily funny. Maybe a passive aggressive activist group that has the wrong address for someone who does animal testing lol. Have you considered putting out some figurines of your own with a paste-it note. It’s a very interesting idea for a prank that messes with your head without being “hurtful”…

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