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'Unpatriotic' raccoons repeatedly invade official's home, poop on flag

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Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A county official in New York said his home has repeatedly been invaded by raccoons -- and one of the "unpatriotic" animals pooped on a flag.

Sam Fein, an Albany County legislator representing the 6th district, said raccoons have invaded his home in the South End of Albany on three occasions in recent weeks.

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Fein said the first incident was when he left a back door ajar for his cat, the second was when he was having a cat door installed and the third involved the raccoons chewing through a screen to gain access.

The legislator said the most recent incident happened while he was visiting Lake George for the weekend and got a call from his neighbors about mysterious noises coming from his apartment.

"I have an indoor camera so I logged in on to my camera and I saw I have a raccoon in my house," Fein told WNYT/WHEC.

He said the repeat visitors have stolen food, rummaged through his belongings and left behind some unsavory messes.

"I noticed they got into a cabinet that had a folded up American flag in it and they pooped on the American flag," Fein said.

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He told the Albany Times-Union that incident must have involved "an unpatriotic raccoon."

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