William, That coon had a system. The back of the building had been used by someone with a fume hood or dust collector or something which required a duct out of a hole in the wall. The duct was gone and the hole in the wall was just left as was. This wall was under cover by a patio roof so it did't rain in and it WAS San Diego so having a big hole in the wall was not a big deal. There was a large pipe rack under the hole. Apparently the coon jumped up and did some uneven parallel bar work to get in position to jump at the hole. Judging from the claw marks under the hole he woiuld catch the hole with his front paws and then scramble to get his backside in the hole. Once inside the wall he could go up and get on top of the drop ceiling By the looks of the scratches under the hole he had been at this for quite a while.

This was more of an encounter than we usually had with wild beasts. Mostly we had mice under the raised floors which had to be trapped to prevent their eating the computer cables.

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