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    PSA: This Is What A Shaved Raccoon Looks Like

    I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE

    THE SAGA BEGINS

    PROLOGUE

    "Why? They look fairly harmless, tbh" - you, right now. Poor, naive you.

    Before we get to the climax (cue Usher), let's just take a minute to introduce evidence showing that raccoons, in their full glory, are terrifying rabie inducing rodents WHO WILL FILET YOUR CALVES WITH THEIR SHARP TERRIFYING TEETH AT ANY MOMENT

    *DONT SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU*

    Literally just imagine waking up to that IN YOUR BED

    PLZ STAHP

    Okay, okay, you get the point. We can all agree now that raccoons are nightmarish, furry balls of anger that shouldn't be f*%@ed with, AMIRITE

    Let's get back to the reason we're all here in the first place: shaved. raccoons.

    Opening up that text changed my life forever and NOT IN A GOOD WAY

    Part of me wishes I didn't even write this post so we could all live with our healthy fear of normal raccoons

    "Is ignorance really bliss?" - I ask myself

    It's 'merika though, therefore you're free to stop at any point and spare yourself the horror that will proceed these words.

    Seriously, there's still time to turn back.

    I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU HERE, ABORT ABORT

    IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE

    Even this other raccoon is like, mm, probably not

    This is probably your face right now

    I tried to warn you but you're curious, and I like that about you, so now we just both have to live our lives knowing this is out there