Railroad workers were able to rescue a stricken male raccoon after it became frozen to the tracks—stuck fast by the hair on its private parts.
The animal was seen facing the oncoming train carriage as it straddled one side of the track.
Neil Mullis was out on the job when he came across the poor little guy.
The traumatized-looking raccoon was eventually rescued after a five-minute operation.
“I poured the warm water under his bottom while a co-worker worked the shovel under his butt to try and break him loose,” said the 35-year-old.
“After about five minutes of slowly working him loose, he was free. He jumped off the rail and ran in the woods never looking back.”
Despite the rescue efforts from Neil and his colleagues, nobody could tell how, or why, the raccoon got into this predicament near Cochran, Georgia.
“I’m guessing because it was 10 degrees outside, somehow he was crossing over the rail and sat too long and got stuck!” said Neil.
After inspecting the clumps of fur left stuck to the rail, Neil summed it up by saying: “Operation well-performed.”
“Little fella is safe now.”
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