A woman had to flee her property after 100 raccoons descended upon her home. She told deputies she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago. Sheriff’s deputies in Washington’s Kitsap County frequently get calls about animals — loose livestock,

By last Thursday afternoon, the newly scary raccoons had grown to a horde of about 100, prompting the woman, whose name has not been released, to call 911. Her concern was increased by the newer arrivals’ greater aggression after years of dealing with a relatively docile, much smaller band.