You'd think by now people would know not to mess with mother nature. Raccoons in particular, although they look cute and fuzzy and like they're sticking out their stubby little arms to give you a hug, are vicious when cornered (or included in selfies). Apparently former porn actress (and infamous cable TV host) Robin Byrd skipped Girl Scouts because she tried to scare a raccoon away, and it didn't end well.
Byrd told Page Six that she discovered the raccoon on the porch of her home in Fire Island thanks to her dog. "I stomped on the deck and I heard a growling, like, 'Grrr,'" she said. "I thought it was a cat." Byrd plunged her hand behind a planter where the noise was coming from (because when something growls at you, the obvious course of action is to offer up your fingers), and the raccoon bit her. "I guess I disturbed the raccoon and he didn’t like it and he let me know," she said.
She called the police and animal control, but it was too late to catch the raccoon. To be safe, Byrd is undergoing a series of vaccines that are supposed to prevent rabies, which is probably the smartest move she's made so far.
