WATCH: Raccoon Breaks Into Liquor Store and Gets Drunk as a Skunk

Sean James Dec 2nd, 2025, 6:40 pm

The culprit was caught red-handed — or in this case, black-pawed.

Employees at a Virginia liquor store were startled to find more than two dozen bottles smashed on the ground and puddles of alcohol mixed among shards of glass when they returned to work, following their Thanksgiving break, on November 29. But they found the “suspect” soon after — a passed-out black raccoon in the bathroom.

Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter, in a social media post on Tuesday, confirmed one of its officers responded to the “Black Friday break-in” at an Ashland ABC Store, where the officer found “a very intoxicated raccoon.”

A picture from the shelter shows the damage done to the store, while

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