A raccoon in Florida has been rescued after a man noticed it was stuck on top of a telephone pole with its head caught in a jar of peanut butter.
Joe Milo was on his way to work on Friday morning in Palm Bay when he noticed the creature, 25 feet up in the air.
‘[I was] driving down the road and happened to look up, and saw the guy with a jar on his head,’ Milo told Spectrum News 13.
Thanks to his quick thinking, Milo got the proper officials to the scene and helped save the raccoon from a long fall to the hard ground down below.
It was a power company line worker who eventually saved the day.
A raccoon in Florida (shown) was rescued after Good Samaritan Joe Milo noticed it was stuck on top of a telephone pole with its head caught in a jar of peanut butter on Friday
The Good Samaritan was on his way to a landscaping job at around 9.30am on Friday when he realized his furry friend was in need of help.
The raccoon, nearly three stories in the air atop of a telephone pole, had its head suck in a jar, after looking for a snack.
It took Wild Florida Rescue of Brevard County and Florida Power & Light to successfully get the animal down.
‘When he has a jar on his head, it’s hard for him to breathe, so eventually he may have gotten dizzy and just fall off,’ Crystene Prokop of Wild Florida Rescue said.
The raccoon, nearly three stories in the air atop of a telephone pole 25 feet high, got its head suck in the jar after looking for a snack
Milo called Wild Florida Rescue of Brevard County, and a representative for the organization called Florida Power & Light, which sent a line worker (shown) to get the creature down
Milo called the Brevard County branch of that organization first.
Once Prokop arrived, she called the power company, which sent out a line worker who went up to the top of the telephone pole in a bucket.
After two tries, the line worker was able to capture the raccoon in a crate.
On the first attempt, things got extra sticky, as the creature slid a bit down the pole.
They then worked together to free it from the jar, which wasn’t too difficult, the Wild Florida Rescue official said
Finally the worker got the troubled animal to the ground, where a little teamwork allowed the creature to be freed.
‘[The peanut butter jar] came off without any soap or anything,’ Prokop said.
Milo was pleased to see the animal scamper off, once it was back on the ground.
‘He’s free now, good to go!’ Milo said.
The light pole the raccoon was rescued from is located on Olsmar Street in Palm Bay.
Milo was pleased to see the animal scamper off, once it was back on the ground. The jar the raccoon’s head was stuck in is shown