By FireRescue1 Staff
INDIANAPOLIS — A woman arrived at a firehouse pleading for help with her stoned raccoon.
WTHR reported that Wayne Township Fire Department firefighters were woken up by frantic doorbell ringing in the middle of the night.
“As many times as the doorbell on the firehouse was pushed, the firefighters were quite certain that something bad was going on outside,” Capt. Mike Pruitt said.
The woman at the door was holding her pet raccoon and said she needed help because the animal had been exposed to a large amount of marijuana.
“They could tell that the raccoon was lethargic and met all of those symptoms that we typically run into when someone’s been exposed to marijuana,” Capt. Pruitt said. “It really left the guys scratching their heads that someone brought a raccoon to the firehouse at 2 a.m. seeking help, and especially with the condition the animal was in, so we hope that the raccoon made a full recovery.”
The fire department tweeted about the incident and said “As much as we love animals, there wasn’t much we could do.”