Sticky situation: A raccoon gets its head stuck in a peanut butter jar... and it may have been stuck for WEEKS



A curious raccoon had a sticky time when it balanced on a utility pole with a peanut butter jar jammed on its head.

For eight hours the wild critter sat perched 30ft in the air to the delight of children and their parents in Ronkonkoma, Long Island.

And if some phone calls are to be believed, the animal may have been stuck in the jar for weeks. Residents had phoned in reports of a raccoon with a jar on its head for nearly a month ago, according to Newsday.



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Sticky time: Raccoon with its head stuck in a jar of Skippy peanut butter on top of a utility pole in Long Island

Excited: Children gather round the pole to watch the raccoon perch 30ft up in the air

Once stuck on the utility pole, the local police and fire departments still refused to rescue the furry scavenger because they said it was too dangerous.

The animal, nicknamed Skippy by the excited youngsters after the brand of spread it was trapped in, seemed quite happy with all the attention.

But Suzanne Macaluso, whose husband spotted it at 7am on Sunday in Peconic Street made calls to the authorities including animal control to get help.

She said: ' We were told there was nothing we could do to help the little guy up there.'

Finally, a Long Island Power Authority worker used a long pole to dislodge the jar and the grateful raccoon ran off.



