Racoon in the Street with a Cat After It

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My dad was bored here I guess after dinner and was just looking out the window in the dining room when he saw a big ole racoon kind of running (walking very fast) up the hill across the street in the street near the curb. The neighbor's black cat was after it too, although not tooo close yet. My brother went out and chased the cat back down the hill so it would turn back away from it. I was worried the raccoon had rabies, & really don't want the cat getting bit by it or otherwise attacked. Sometimes cats just don't realize things like that. This one cat is let loose alot outdoors, he once lost his collar with his name on it in our yard on the fence too. This is not even when it's totally dark yet at about 5 p.m., maybe that racoon was scared out of the sewer nearby again somewhere. I have seen several around here over the years. One time before it started to rain one went barrelling rapidly in back of the fence in the yard as if something was chasing it, and scared the heebee-jeebees out of me. We have skunks and possum too but in the winter we normally don't see much of them really. All I can say is I'm glad my cat saw it before it was too late.