Originally Posted by
jamawani
Doesn't have to be bear country.
A raccoon will shred your tent if it thinks there's peanut butter inside.
Does not surprise me!! Rowan and I were camped at a place called Raccoon Creek (should have been our first clue!!) just outside Pittsburgh, and as the sun set, we found ourselves surrounded .... literally a circle .... by raccoons. One hopped into the back of our car, which we had left open for a moment, and stole an unopened bag of powdered milk. Rowan gave chase and managed to get it back, while I fended the rest off back at the camp!!
We left no food whatsoever in the tent, but had left a large bottle of water on the picnic table outside. During the night we could hear them sniffing around the tent, sniffing around the picnic table, and eventually knocking the waterbottle over.