'I started screaming. He wouldn't let go.' Woman attacked by raccoon while hanging Christmas lights outside of her Lancaster home - The Boston Globe

When Sanginario turned around, she found herself looking at a large raccoon that was staring right back at her.

“He jumped really high at my face,” Sanginario said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

The raccoon latched onto her arms and was biting her.

When she managed to get the raccoon off of her, he jumped right back up on her again.

She eventually overpowered the raccoon.

“He jumped up and started walking away,” she said.

The police came and searched the area for the raccoon — which Sanginario described as being “very fat, very big” — but were unable to locate it.

“They couldn’t find the raccoon anywhere,” she said.

But otherwise, she’s OK and hopes that the raccoon doesn’t hurt anyone else.