ABSTRACT
A raccoon upended the trash can. It wasn't a bear, which is something of a relief. You know this because of the tracks left in the mud. If a bear were somehow responsible, it must have been using the raccoon to do its bidding. Those are definitely not bear tracks. Your neighbor reports a similar debacle, and she's drawn the same conclusion about the culprit. No tracks at her place, but she set up one of those motion-activated cameras, and the photos clearly show a lone, masked visitor.
