LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — When fermented peaches turned a dumpster into danger, longtime Letcher County nurse Misty Combs stepped in to save the day.

“I've had some pretty crazy days on the job, but nothing like this,” Combs told LEX 18.

In her 21 years of nursing, Combs thought she’d seen it all. The RN works at the Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg.

One day last week, she and her coworkers noticed a panicked raccoon darting through the parking lot. Then, they heard a commotion from a nearby dumpster.

“Our health department is right beside Kentucky Mist Moonshine, a distillery, and they had put some fermented peaches in their dumpster, and I guess the baby raccoons had gotten in the dumpster and they were stuck,” Combs explained.

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