Jim Vokes NY
New member
A while back, Ol' Stonewood and I were sitting around the campfire telling stories when Stonewood told me a real "goodun!"
"This took place back in the day when Trapping and Coon Hunting was a very lucrative business. As a young man I was very active in controlling the Raccoon population, and was always aware of the value in there fur.
One evening while on a date, I was driving my old Ford Bronco down a local back road when I saw a car ahead pulling away from the shoulder of the road. It was dark at the time so being curious I slowed to see one of the Largest Raccoons I had ever seen lying on the shoulder of the road. It was clear that the car I saw had just hit the poor animal. Being that it was late fall pelts were approaching there prime, and I saw dollars signs floating over this animal.
So being the gentleman that I am, I causally pulled to the side of the road. Told my date I had to go to the bathroom, and ran back to get the monster. I opened the back window and put the easily 40 lbs. of raccoon in the back and through my coat over it. My date "Never Even Noticed" -Bad sign!
Again we were off. I am thinking this date isn't going to cost me a thing! so off to dinner and a movie as planned. As we left the theater after the movie, I noticed something that was a bit alarming. There were about 30 people and 2 Police cars around my truck. I ran over to find that the Raccoon was Not Dead. In fact it was Very Upset with my greedy plan.
After an enormous amount of questions from the Police, "MY DATE" and the crowd, we opened the door to let the beast out. He jumped out like never being run over, and ran off-completely making my story unbelievable. Then I saw what he had been doing while I was entertaining my date. He ripped every inch of Vinyl off all the seats, eat the steering wheel, pooped everywhere, and just when I thought that was it-I noticed my wiring hanging down from under the dash. He eat through my wiring harness in an effort to get out.
The police gave me a ticket for Harassment to an animal, they said if they didn't the crowd would have hung me.....my date was picked up by her father....who wanted to run me over,.....and I walked home-12 miles, my truck was towed to a scrap yard."
The moral that I learned from Ol'Stonewood was that Wealth is not something you can count, it is the experiences that life brings.
"This took place back in the day when Trapping and Coon Hunting was a very lucrative business. As a young man I was very active in controlling the Raccoon population, and was always aware of the value in there fur.
One evening while on a date, I was driving my old Ford Bronco down a local back road when I saw a car ahead pulling away from the shoulder of the road. It was dark at the time so being curious I slowed to see one of the Largest Raccoons I had ever seen lying on the shoulder of the road. It was clear that the car I saw had just hit the poor animal. Being that it was late fall pelts were approaching there prime, and I saw dollars signs floating over this animal.
So being the gentleman that I am, I causally pulled to the side of the road. Told my date I had to go to the bathroom, and ran back to get the monster. I opened the back window and put the easily 40 lbs. of raccoon in the back and through my coat over it. My date "Never Even Noticed" -Bad sign!
Again we were off. I am thinking this date isn't going to cost me a thing! so off to dinner and a movie as planned. As we left the theater after the movie, I noticed something that was a bit alarming. There were about 30 people and 2 Police cars around my truck. I ran over to find that the Raccoon was Not Dead. In fact it was Very Upset with my greedy plan.
After an enormous amount of questions from the Police, "MY DATE" and the crowd, we opened the door to let the beast out. He jumped out like never being run over, and ran off-completely making my story unbelievable. Then I saw what he had been doing while I was entertaining my date. He ripped every inch of Vinyl off all the seats, eat the steering wheel, pooped everywhere, and just when I thought that was it-I noticed my wiring hanging down from under the dash. He eat through my wiring harness in an effort to get out.
The police gave me a ticket for Harassment to an animal, they said if they didn't the crowd would have hung me.....my date was picked up by her father....who wanted to run me over,.....and I walked home-12 miles, my truck was towed to a scrap yard."
The moral that I learned from Ol'Stonewood was that Wealth is not something you can count, it is the experiences that life brings.
Another lesson in life......the hrd way! 
Great story, really enjoyed reading it! Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)