Furry masked bandit makes prison break from old OSR

[alocispepraluger102]

Furry masked bandit makes prison break from old OSR

News Journal staff report

MANSFIELD -- With a little help, a masked bandit made an escape at the old Ohio State Reformatory on Sunday night.

It was an exciting last day of the tour season at the historic prison when a reformatory volunteer saw a raccoon, with a peanut butter jar stuck on its head, running across the lawn and bumping into a tree. It made its way up the tree and stayed there.

Volunteers went into action.

One started cutting branches off the small tree. Some kept the raccoon spotlighted so they wouldn't lose sight of the wily critter, and the others got some rope to pull the tree over so they could grab it.

An off-duty Mansfield police officer, who is also a volunteer at the reformatory, arrived with an animal snare.

One held the angry bandit, while another cut the plastic jar off its head. Once freed from the jar and snare, the raccoon disappeared into the brush by the reformatory lake, according to a spokesperson for the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society.

The escapee's accomplices cheered his freedom and decided that was the perfect end to a great season.

[Jazzmoose]

See, that's why they wear masks....the embarrassment.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

and aloc himself is becoming quite the raccoontour (sp).

[king ubu]

another little raccoon story over here