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Pablo Iglesias Maurer
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Pablo Iglesias Maurer
@MLSist
Soccer reporter at The @Guardian. Photographer, mechanic, total jerk.
Writing about 🇺🇸 soccer & all of its wild, weird history.
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- Thought I might share a life story from a few months ago to brighten your day. Back in March, I spotted a raccoon on the side of the interstate that had very clearly been run over. I pulled over thinking I’d have to put it out of its misery. We ended up becoming good friends.
00:00 - Replying to @MLSistThe happy end: Karen cut him loose recently. He has the run of her property in the woods now. I only ever named him the day before he was released - a friend suggested “Clover,” because we were both so lucky to have found each other. ☘️ A few weeks later, I stuck him on my leg.
- Absolutely insane goal in insane conditions in the CPL final. Absurd.
00:00 - I think McGregor's biggest problem tonight was that these three artisanal bartenders kept offering him craft cocktails.
00:00- Replying to @MLSistOver the next month or so, Karen kept our little guy in an enclosure in her barn, with several other raccoons. Miraculously, he made a near full recovery. I had assumed his back was broken - I was wrong. I returned a couple of times to see him. I am so grateful to Karen, truly.
00:00 - Replying to @MLSistBy the next morning, our friend was feeling *a lot* better. Still hobbling around but eating and drinking normally, warm and comfortable.
- Replying to @MLSistIt was around rush hour and a snow storm was setting in. He couldn’t move his back legs at all, but after one look at him I knew he might have a chance to survive. Animal control wouldn’t do anything, but I managed to find someone 60 miles or so away of who might take him in.
- Replying to @MLSistI got there and it turned out she couldn’t take him in - she wasn’t authorized to treat “rabies vectored” species. She gave me the phone number of someone who would. 80 miles away. In Culpepper, VA. At this point it was 7PM & the storm had set in. Our friend was still calm, tho!
00:00 - Replying to @MLSistIt took a couple hours in some pretty terrible conditions but eventually, we arrived! At this point the raccoon had fallen asleep, lol. I woke him up, hopeful we’d reached his new home, a sprawling, beautiful farm.
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00:00 - Replying to @MLSistSo, against my better judgement, I threw a beach towel over him and wrangled him into the back of my SUV. I understand, obviously, that these little guys can carry rabies - it did not keep me from helping him and I would do it again. 🤷
- Replying to @MLSistKaren Lamb (fantastic name given her job) was the real hero of the night. She runs Nirvana Ridge, a wildlife sanctuary. She managed to get our friend into a cage, and she promised to look after him and do the right thing if needed.
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