Ah the Sweet Sounds of the Burbs...

So after our exhausting day of ripping apart 1/2 of our main floor of the house, we fell into bed ready for a good nights' sleep. At about midnight we both woke up to the sounds of something horrible. It literally sounded like someone was being mauled to death my a lion. I actually thought it was videogame sound design taken way over the top! When I realized it wasn't i threw on my shoes and ran out the back. I couldn't see what it was over our fence but realized it was coming from the neighbour's backyard. At this point I though maybe they had got a pit bull or some kind of crazy dog. I grabbed a kitchen stool and took it outside. At this point the neighbour also came out of her house. She didn't know what it was either and it was so dark that neither of us could see anything. 

Once I got up on the stool I could see that it was two racoons! 

They were having an insane fight right there in her backyard. We quickly dispersed the buggers and went back to bed. Wildlife in the suburbs!!