It does seem that it could have been a beastie that....
 

got Mom's gutter.

Today my friend visited with a resident in our neighborhood who has had gutters damaged twice by some type of canine creature. Here are two pictures of guttering that was flattened and chewed. There were also bunny remains, I won't post that picture. Mom's guttering was found in a yard across the street from her house and the person who found it said it was pretty flattened, but it was disposed of before he realized what was going on. Guttering scattered around homes near Mom's didn't show teeth holes, but the pieces weren't very large and if a bunny was inside, he'd have been out rather quickly not giving the beast time to really bite into the aluminum.

Animal control has been brought in on this and hopefully there won't be any more damage and the critter will return to the wild and live its life .

Please, remember not to feed the outdoor creatures, they can find their own food. Don't leave pet food out, not sure that a cage is even a secure enough place to leave dog or cat food.

Here's the pictures..... http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...downspout1.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...downspout2.jpg

Wow!
 

Just... wow!

When I lived in NJ, an aluminum trash can that was near the pool to hold hoses, etc. was attacked one night by a raccoon who tore it to pieces like that gutter. If we had not seen it (we were attracted by the NOISE), we would not have believed that a raccoon could do that type of damage.

YIKES!!!! :22yikes:

Bill :)

Racoons are frightening creatures. They do look cute and harmless, but they are nasty and fearless. There are some that live in areas of the golf course near our house. Cripes, now we have to add another super creature to the list of potential metal eaters.... :)

Wow...that's amazing! :shocked:

Can I ask what Village this was in?

Caroline.

I think Blueash, who also reported his gutter missing lives in Sabal Chase. I wish he would report in on this thread.

I wonder if the raccoon or whatever was trying to get the anoles that live inside...but Pooh, did you mention a bunny?

I had been scared of snakes and alligators but now some critter that bites down spouts has me shaking in my sandals.

A guttersnipe....?

When we were teens in Columbus, Ohio some of the kids went snipe hunting but not me.:)

Alas, there was a bunny in this instance, Gracie.


It's a jungle out there...lol....and each day, we see more and more that Mother Nature can be a tough ole girl!

When I was a kid, I always wondered what the heck a snipe was...lol....now we might have a species of snipe here that lives really close ..... ;)

Omg!
 

Wow, Pooh! That's just creepy!

Gracie, as you may know, I grew up in Cincinnati. My Dad always warned me about boys who wanted to go "snipe hunting"! I thought that was a local thing but then I also believed that the cats he told me about at bedtime, Pete and Repete, were real, too!

Anyway, Pooh that's a lot of damage for a racoon. I think it's the work of this creature:

Central Florida is home, of course, to the Walt Disney World resort and numerous other tourist attractions.

But Florida is also home to the legend of the Skunk Ape, which is the Sunshine State’s version of Bigfoot.

The hairy creature that walks upright around the Florida woods and swamps is called the Skunk Ape because of its notoriously bad odor. Folks who have reported seeing it describe the creature’s smell as a combination of a skunk, rotten eggs and cow manure. People in Florida have reported seeing or hearing the Skunk Ape for more than 200 years now. And in the past 20 years, about 75 reported sightings have been turned in

Just sayin'. Google it and read about it.

Tootles.

Weird! Do you think Unidentified Beasty got stuck in there somehow and was trying to get out??

Good golly Miss Molly!! Do gators go after gutters in the night?

Could the bunny have been running from a coyote (maybe Wiley) and jumped in the downspout for cover?

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...hlight=coyotes

We do have them here in the Villages. One was spotted in our neighborhood last year.

Now is the time for the posse :boxing2::boxing2: I don't blame the ladies ( and ocassional gentlemen) if they are too scared. :bigbow:

It was a lot of damage and the homeowner said it was a dog like animal. Some suggested a coyote, but the homeowner says it was a wild or feral? dog and not a coyote. We'll have to see if Animal Control has success in securing the beast.

I forgot about the Skunk Ape....cripes, now we've got all sorts of man and beast running amock around here.... ;) Maybe that's what it was......LOLOL!