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The daring Minnesota raccoon is safe, everyone

We’ll miss him.

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Tiffany Kelly

raccoon minnesota safe

Well, the harrowing journey is over. The limber raccoon that climbed a building in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday safely made it to the roof early today. The raccoon first appeared on a ledge of a building a couple of days ago. Instead of trying to find a way down, though, the animal started scaling the nearby 25-story UBS tower. Local Minnesota Public Radio reporter Tim Nelson livetweeted the whole incident and posted videos of the raccoon’s busy day.

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Here’s the raccoon, dubbed by the internet as MPR Raccoon, at the beginning of the journey:

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And here is the animal making it to the roof, around 2:30am CT, where animal control set out a cat food trap:

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The internet watched the raccoon’s slow ascent like it was a captivating reality TV show or a car chase. Memes and jokes followed—and they included references to other seemingly Impossible journeys:

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https://twitter.com/willdollinger/status/1006833644269461505

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It appears that the raccoon has been trapped.

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Now the animal just needs a publicist.

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