In shocking news to absolutely no one who travels out of Philadelphia International Airport, a Raccoon was caught on camera popping up out of baggage claim, surprising passengers awaiting their luggage.

Raccoon at Philadelphia International Airport Baggage Claim

“These Things That Look Like Cats but have these long beaky nose things. Holy fuck. Raykins. That’s what those furry little bitches are, Philly.”

Corey and Trevor, which coincidentally look like two hipsters living in Fishtown, weren’t there when we needed them most. Go figure.

Are we just going to gloss over the casual mention that Raccoons commonly pop up at PHL Airport and steal food and candy from bags and stores?

That seems like an issue that should be address sooner than later right?

Twizzlers?! Real fucking cute. I’m sure Raccoons that wander into airports to steal food won’t do something crazy like, I don’t know, attack someone who’s just trying to mind their own business and avoid all the crazy humans already roaming the terminals at the airport.

Welcome to reason 1,000,000 on why airports are the worst. In our own damn city we have the dumpster known as Philadelphia International Airport, which now has a bunch of raccoons popping in and out of baggage claims. 

Honestly, I’m not even upset that the raccoon made its way into the baggage claim.

That obviously sucks but just think why and how it got there. The baggage claim area at the Philly Airport is like a set out of a post apocalyptic movie. It’s literally a dumpster, where our furry little raccoon friends typically like to spend most of their days feasting on what us humans leave behind.

Plus, this poor little guy is almost certainly more well behaved than most passengers on airplanes these days so I really don’t see the issue with him frantically running around baggage claim.

Maybe it will stop the impatient people from pushing others out of the way and getting their dirty hands all over everyones luggage like they completely forgot what their bag looked like from when they checked it to when they were picking it up. 

That’s why I’m Team Carry-On no matter what. No shot in hell I’m waiting for a bag downstairs at any airport, let alone the Philly one that might be the dirtiest of them all. 

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