11.93K Tom Scocca 10/24/13 12:07PM Filed to: humans humans nature awe raccoons killing things Virginia the great outdoors crossbows In Virginia, an outdoorsman encountered a "strange and amazing animal," a huge, all-white raccoon. He'd "never seen anything remotely close" to it. So, inspired by the one-of-a-kind vision of nature's possibilities, he killed it with a crossbow.