{"id":129642,"date":"2025-09-08T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/129642\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:10:08","slug":"raccoon-rescued-by-nurse-performing-cpr-fermented-peaches-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/129642\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon Rescued By Nurse Performing CPR, Fermented Peaches to Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Raccoon<br \/>\n                          Drunk As A Skunk?<br \/>\n                          Nope That&#8217;s a Raccoon!!! \ud83e\udd9d<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published September 8, 2025 12:37 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250908_c70987950b784c25817c843202f4ecf8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:efa9c1d1-fc24-4e77-9188-80a48c6de244\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/c70987950b784c25817c843202f4ecf8_md.jpg\" alt=\"090825-raccoon-cpr-primary\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A baby raccoon got another chance at life after a trash dive went sideways &#8230; and all the credit goes to one animal-loving nurse, who used her skills to save the kit.<\/p>\n<p>Misty Combs, a nurse from Kentucky, tells TMZ &#8230; she was going about her day when she and her coworkers spotted a raccoon in crisis in the parking lot of the Letcher County Health Department &#8212; where she works as an RN.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch this Kentucky nurse rescue a raccoon suspected of being drunk on peach moonshine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7YcFwNK4bF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7YcFwNK4bF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NewsChannel 5 (@NC5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NC5\/status\/1964843216739664222?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 8, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NC5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@NC5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The health department is notably located next to a moonshine distillery, where the baby raccoon and another little one got into the dumpster &#8230; as you can see in pics provided by Combs.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She says she noticed a mama raccoon trying to get her babies out of the trash, to no avail &#8230; which is why she went dumpster diving after the baby trash panda in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>While one baby raccoon was ok, Combs says she discovered the other was struggling after being face down in moonshine-soaked peaches and water. She says the little one even smelled like booze!!!<\/p>\n<p>She believes the baby raccoon was eating the alcohol-soaked peaches all night, causing him to get drunk, fall into the water and drown.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3e371625a291443080e5cc51aa0f3817_md.jpg\" alt=\"090825_raccoon_cpr_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video, without hesitation, Combs scooped up the near-death raccoon out of the dumpster and began performing CPR.<\/p>\n<p>While Combs&#8217; coworkers were certain the raccoon was a goner, the nurse was determined to revive the baby &#8230; and she did just that!!!<\/p>\n<p>Combs says she knows raccoons can carry rabies, but made sure not to get scratched or bitten while giving the baby animal compressions.<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-a55c3b4a-8a33-4b9c-826a-2b5ee4c954f8\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2025\/09\/08\/drunk-raccoon-rescued-after-eating-fermented-peaches\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:a55c3b4a-8a33-4b9c-826a-2b5ee4c954f8\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:efa9c1d1-fc24-4e77-9188-80a48c6de244\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6e6db29275f343229c01f4fae39b7dfd_md.jpg\" alt=\"Drunk Raccoon Rescued After Eating Fermented Peaches\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Animal Control responded to the scene, and a vet later confirmed that the raccoon had ingested the moonshine peaches. After receiving fluids and some warm blankets, Combs released the raccoon &#8212; named Otis Campbell &#8212; back into the wild.<\/p>\n<p>A happy ending to what could&#8217;ve been a tragic tail (get it?!?).<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raccoon Drunk As A Skunk? 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