You just can't make up a story this good.

[unclefester401]

I got this from www.projo.com, it's the Providence Journal's home page. I'm not making this up.

Carjacking in Barrington (RI)

Christine Leonard, of Barrington

Christine Leonard was just getting into her new Ford Taurus when the masked assailant caught her completely by surprise.

It was dark in the driveway and the intruder seemed to come out of nowhere, diving through the doorway, leaping atop Leonard and then forcing her from the car. The shiny silver sedan took off. It struck a fence and several trees before the joy ride ended. Then the suspect leapt out, scrambled past two policemen and fled up a tree.

It was the town's -- and probably the state's -- first reported carjacking by an animal. Leonard's attacker, you see, was a raccoon.

If it all sounds like a tall tale, Leonard has the damaged car and the eyewitness accounts of the police to prove it. Yesterday, as she and one of the officers gave a detailed account of what happened, the story only became more incredible.

"It was the most frightening thing. It was horrible," said Leonard, pointing to the dented doors, chewed interior and broken side-view mirror on her car. The radio, too, had been switched from FM to AM. "This raccoon did all of this on its own."

You might have to be a registered user to view the orginal story, but here's a link to it anyway.

http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20030526_coon26.3d33d.html

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