Chubby raccoon in Illinois gets so perfectly plump that he gets stuck in sewer gate; emergency crew arrives to help free him: 'Imagine being the police officer getting this call'

Some stories were just made to be told and loved by millions, it just so happens that many of them involve fat raccoons and the police.

I have a very specific weakness for animals that look like they have made one terrible decision and are now being forced to live with it. That sounds specific, but you'd be surprised how many pictures there are on the internet of animals dealing with the consequences of their actions. Our raccoon in the story below just named themselves the patron saint of this comedic category of animals.

Roud, confused, slightly offended… belly exposed to the world! This gloriously plump raccoon somehow managed to wedge himself into a sewer gate and reached the point where going forward was impawssible, and so was doing backwards. After a fair amount of screaming, emergency crews had to step in and help free him from his self-assigned public walk of shame.

We've all had our moments where our ambitions exceeded our abilities. Just today I was reminded that I am no longer 20 years old and it's not worth the pain in my arms to try and carry all the groceries inside in one trip. Nor is it crucial to squeeze myself into last year's jeans just to prove that I could. Lucky for me, though, those fails were in the privacy of my own home. Our raccoon, however, had a more public stage for his humbling. 

No complicated plot, no emotional devastation (except of his pride), just one extremely rotund trash panda learning that confidence and circumference are not always the same thing. Just a funny animal in need of assistance, you can't get more appropriate for a brand like Animal Comedy than that!