Reporter confronts aggressive raccoon outside White House

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A CNN reporter’s on-camera confrontation is going viral after he was recorded chasing off an aggressive raccoon outside the White House.

Joe Johns was preparing to deliver a report outside the White House when he was caught on video turning around to yell at an approaching raccoon.

Johns is seen throwing what appears to be a bag at the animal.

“Frickin’ raccoons, man. God, again! This is the second time! Jesus … It always comes around right around when I’m about to go on TV … get!” Johns says in the footage.

The incident was not the first confrontation between the media and raccoons at the White House — CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid tweeted Sept. 28 that a raccoon had “attacked multiple news crews.”

Reporting by Ben Hooper

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