Video: Raccoon Climbs 9 Stories, Jumps to the Ground

A video showed a raccoon scaling a tall building before dropping several stories to the ground.

The clip, recorded in Ocean City, New Jersey, showed the animal nine stories above the ground, climbing on the side of a building, said Micha Rea, who recorded the video.

A group of people gathered around the bottom of the building, including animal control officers, Fox29 reported.

The raccoon hit the ground with a thud, but it appeared to be unharmed and got up before running off.

“You won’t see this on the nightly news tonight,” a man said in the clip “Oh wow!” a woman said after the raccoon dropped to the ground.

A video shows a raccoon scaling a tall building before dropping several stories to the ground on Sept. 21, 2018. Micah Rea via Storyful

Rabies Transmitter

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), raccoons are a leading transmitter of rabies to humans. A Georgia boy was attacked by a raccoon on Sept. 13, forcing his mother to shoot the animal.

The boy was bitten by the animal and had to be rushed to a hospital for treatment of rabies, a local Fox affiliate reported.

“My son went outside on the porch. And as he went to walk on the front porch, he started screaming and hollering,” Amber Mahaffey, his mother, told Fox5 of the incident. “I peeked around the corner and there was a raccoon holding onto him on his hand.”

“They got into a tussle on the floor and he was trying to fight the raccoon off of him, and as he tried to fight him off, the raccoon kept holding on to him and biting repeatedly, so we kicked the raccoon off of him.” Mahaffey said.

Untreated, rabies is a deadly illness, and symptoms include fever, weakness, and headache. However, progressive symptoms include insomnia, anxiety, confusion, slight or partial paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agitation, excessive salivation, difficulty swallowing, and fear of water, says the CDC on its website.