There's a neighborhood in Dallas that has a number of creeks and still has some forested areas. I have some very good friends who live there. There house is on a hill and driving up their driveway at night (or even in the day) is quite a challenge. So anyway, my friends have 4 cats that were born under their house. The kittens grew up to be good indoor/outdoor cats. I imagine most of y'all have seen what a cat's eyes (or dog's eyes) look like at night when headlights are on them. One night I was with my friends, happy to be a passenger, and when the headlights hit we could see cat eyes and raccoon eyes. The cats didn't budge. They had attitude! They just looked at us as if to say that the raccoons were their buds and we'd better not mess with them. They like to just sit and hang together. I think it's funny but my friends don't.

I had been told that raccoons attack and kill cats, so I was worried one morning when I saw from my kitchen window that my neighbor's cat was hiding in a flowerbed alongside the house, and a raccoon was a few feet away looking for bird seed fallen from a nearby bird feeder. The cat stood up and showed signs of wanting to leave, and the raccoon turned its back and sat still until the cat had gone. Peaceful kingdom!

I can imagine a raccoon attacking a young cat but not an adult cat. Adult cats are much faster and more agile than a raccoon. A coon could never out run a cat.

Watching the lighting rain storm for the first time.