thief.

There's daily evidence that something has been stealing from our trash.  You'd think those diaper bombs would keep every living thing out of that barrel, but nope.  Some little rascal has been enjoying a nightly scavenge through our trash and often leaves the remnants of his meal on the recycle barrel next to it. 

I thought raccoons were nocturnal, but our neighborhood coon made a morning appearance one day as we ate breakfast.  All of a sudden Buddy yells, "I see a raccoon!"  I didn't believe him until I looked out and saw this not-so-little guy...

He had just dug through our trash and then headed back over our fence.

That same day just before bed, K went out to throw another bag into the barrel.  He heard a faint "UH" in the dark, came in to grab the camera, and captured this guy trying to crawl out from under the latest deposit.

He's actually kind of cute!