Raccoon gets head stuck in drain

YOU know those days when everything just goes wrong? Spare a thought for this little critter, who was forced to stage a grate escape.

Raccoon stuck in a sewer grill. Photo: Town of Framingham - Department of Public Works Facebook.

EVEN raccoons need saving sometimes and one critter that got its head stuck in a grill must be thankful US authorities happened by to help him out of a tight spot.

The Framingham Department of Public Works recently posted a photo of a raccoon rescue that took place in the town located in eastern Massachusetts, 197 miles from New York City.

Post by Town of Framingham - Department of Public Works.

Stormwater Supervisor Brooks McCarty told the MetroWest Daily News that the animal’s head was stuck in a storm drain and it had to be soaped up.

“We soaped his head up and pulled and pulled and twisted,” McCarty said. “All of a sudden he just popped out and she (Animal Control Officer Kathy MacKenzie) let him go and he stood there confused and then just ran up into a tree.”

All in a day’s work.