raccoons are known for being excellent climbers but one critter ran into a spot of bother when he went on a romp around the urban jungle this week the black eyed bandit was found stuck 30ft high on a flag pole outside philadelphia’s cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul on tuesday morning video footage shows the animal clinging for life as it teeters on its makeshift perch scroll down for video  bizarre site: a raccoon was found stuck 30ft high on a flag pole outside philadelphia’s cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul on tuesday morning  far from home: video footage shows the animal clinging for life as it teeters on its perch  its arms and legs appear wrapped around the fabric wrapped pole with its bushy tail tucked down as the wind blows, the raccoon tries hard to maintain balance he seems to have a worried expression planted on his face at one point he takes a brief look behind him while sniffing the air but he decides to stay put and doesn't move a paw scene of the incident: after a few hours, animal control officers were able to coax the raccoon down from the flagpole (circled above) according to nbc news, people stopped on the sidewalk to take photographs of the bizarre scene and cars were spotted slowing down after the raccoon's discovery, animal control officers were called out it reportedly took them several hours to coax the climber down from the flagpole it's not known where the raccoon was relocated to hopefully he'll stick to more manageable heights next time
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