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Coverage dated July 22, 2026 to July 23, 2026

Raccoon gives birth inside San Francisco apartment wall, breaks into bedroom

Headline from ABC 7 Chicago

A mother raccoon stayed nearly two months in the wall of SF apartment, giving birth and breaking into tenants' bedroom before falling to her death.

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  1. ABC 7 San Francisco

    SF tenants fearful as raccoon gives birth, slowly claws through apartment wall, breaks into bedroom (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    The raccoon gave birth inside the wall of a San Francisco apartment, then broke through to one tenant's bedroom, "The worst thing that could happen is the animal breaks through the ceiling and, like, drops on my head while I'm sleeping," one tenant said.

  2. ABC 7 Chicago

    Raccoon gives birth inside San Francisco apartment wall, breaks into bedroom (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    A mother raccoon stayed nearly two months in the wall of SF apartment, giving birth and breaking into tenants' bedroom before falling to her death.

  3. New York Post

    Pregnant raccoon gives birth in California man’s wall then starts clawing its way into his bedroom (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The mother raccoon had entered an exterior wall opening in Isaac Brodkin's building, a former Zen Buddhist temple. After giving birth inside the wall, she managed to break through and enter Brodkin's bedroom.

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