Watch: Huge raccoon opens and closes doors in suburban home

WESTMONT, Ill. — A rascally raccoon managed to give a Westmont family a fright when it unintentionally activated their garage and then opened a door to their home. They thought it was an intruder.

“I think we both turned white,” said Cissy Rallo as she and her daughter investigated the noise. “Instead of grabbing a bat or something to protect ourselves with we ran downstairs with our phones.”

They encountered a critter clinging to the door that separates the garage from their basement.  Cell phone video shows the raccoon hanging on the door and door frame, its paws accidentally hitting the button that opens and closes the garage…

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