April 23, 2025 • 6 mins
"What happens when a raccoon attack turns into a bizarre mystery?" This intriguing question sets the stage for an unforgettable episode of The Ben and Skin Show. Join hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray. In this episode, the team explores the bizarre story of a Florida woman who was attacked by a raccoon in her own backyard. The raccoon mysteriously dies after the attack, leading to a hilarious debate on whether Gail might have superpowers or if the raccoon ingested rat poison.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh yes, it's the world famous Ben and Skin show.
Thank you for rolling with us. Coming up next an
anonymous poll NBA players off the record with their comments
on the Luca trade. But right now it's time for
this Welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
The wild Life New a wild life clue. Yeah, pretty good.
There's a lady uh down in Uh. I don't know
where that actually this is in Florida. And her name
is Gail Hines? And how does she spell it? Before
(00:39):
we did the story, like to catch up? Do you know? Well?
She just you could spell like Hines Warren ed.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Cheryl Hines spells it h I N E s could
be h I N d yes quarter high before we
get to the story. I guess let's get this out
of the way, all right. What's the matchup?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Honey number thirteen? Catchup number twenty. Honey, give me honey this, honey,
give me honey. We've already got a ketchup representation in
this thing. It's the wrong it's the wrong ketchup. What
ketchup do you want it to be? Heins seductively. Was
(01:15):
that Christina's a big laugh?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
I enjoyed that.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So yeah, I sound, I said, heines like a sassy
little gay country boy. But it's okay.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
You are what you are, a player raccoon attack situation,
and let's go to the Florida News.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
A Florida woman recovering from an animal attack that happened
in her own backyard. It happened in Palm Beach garden.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
She says she felt a.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Bite on her leg as soon as she opened the door.
Gil Hines of Palm Beach recovering after falling victim to
a wild animal attack.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
And I step out like this, and all of a sudden,
I feel something on my leg and biting me. And
I look and it's this huge raccoon. And I screamed,
of course, and shook him off, and he ran off
to the corner.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
She says, she ran inside and dowsed her leg in peroxide.
When her husband got home, they rushed to the er.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Okay, so let's stop it right there. So what could
happen here? Just kind of change the story, you know,
they could take it somewhere else. You got bit by raccoon,
you run in, you put prox out, that seems like
husband's there, gets you to the er.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We're good, got peroxide with him. What are you saying?
What could take this in another direction.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Any guesses.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Did the raccoon have some of the lady's jewelry with.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
What happened to the raccoon?
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Right?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Okay, did you take her belongings?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yea? No mouth aids.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Okay, okay, rabies or mouth aids. Okay, I have interesting, right,
that's okay.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Her daughter then came to the house to wait for
animal control.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Okay, so the daughter's now at the house. Animal controls
that come check out the scene. Get the raccoon with
the rabies, of the mouth aids or the jewelry.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
The raccoon had come out and come to the pool
to get some water and then wandered to the end
of the courtyard and spit up blood and keeled over
and died.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Oh, hold on, the ladies, the ladies. The lady had
something in her that killed the raccoon.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
She had mouth aids.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Okay, her leg So I'm watching this this morning. I'm like, okay,
so she got by raccoon, Like it is a crazy story,
but that's not good enough to make it to the show.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
And then I was like, wait, the raccoon is like,
goes the pool, gets a little drink, and then stumbles over.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And then goes, oh, it's out blood and then keels
over zombie raccoon.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Out of caution, Gil opted to get vaccinated for rabies
just to be safe, while the raccoon was sent to
the lab to test for it. It was definitely more unusual,
just because the animal died on its own right after
the exposure, she says. The result came back negative for rabies.
Gail has since learned that it may have ingested rat poison.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Okay, so she learned from who told other local raccoons.
So they think they think the raccoon had rat poison,
but we don't know. They're like, look, we're not trying
to start a war. This guy eat some rat poison.
We're good, We're not going to attack you. They're all
sitting there at the negotiating table.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You see them on the next door app like, the
doctor's already talking. They already taken the body in. He's
tested negative for rabies. Yeah, So I don't know. I
thought it was weird that she knew.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Gail has since learned that it may have ingested rat poison.
If that's not the case, she jokes that maybe she's
the problem.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
All of my friends. We're saying, oh my god, one
bite of Gail and he's dead.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Well, experts with the reminder bent away.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Did she get bluntsied by that edit?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
You know they're gonna throw out of that cold comet.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Just check.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Oh my god, one bite of Gail and he's dead.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Experts.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
She just like she almost said, are you guys following
the strip?
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Player, we're saying, oh my god, one bite of Gale.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
And he's dead.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Okay, Well experts with a reminder to keep it.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
I haven't seen the story, but just based on the audio,
Gale sounds like a smoke show. Yeah, and she's got
a uh. I think she's got a trail of dead
boyfriends too. What the reporter looks like?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Huh, she looks she's fine.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
She's very like Fox News Blazer, Florida, Fox News laser.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That's a wasted question, blonde.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
What does that do for you?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Either way?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yes or no? Pants?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Okay, now we're going did she look over her shoulders?
Look over her shoulders?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Weird angle?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
All right?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Coming up next?
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Other men's in the Big Finish. An anonymous NBA player
poll players talking about the Luca trade off the record,
this is juicy, We'll have this for you in less
than four minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
That's coming up here next
Oh yes, it's the world famous Ben and Skin show.
Thank you for rolling with us. Coming up next an
anonymous poll NBA players off the record with their comments
on the Luca trade. But right now it's time for
this Welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
The wild Life New a wild life clue. Yeah, pretty good.
There's a lady uh down in Uh. I don't know
where that actually this is in Florida. And her name
is Gail Hines? And how does she spell it? Before
(00:39):
we did the story, like to catch up? Do you know? Well?
She just you could spell like Hines Warren ed.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Cheryl Hines spells it h I N E s could
be h I N d yes quarter high before we
get to the story. I guess let's get this out
of the way, all right. What's the matchup?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Honey number thirteen? Catchup number twenty. Honey, give me honey this, honey,
give me honey. We've already got a ketchup representation in
this thing. It's the wrong it's the wrong ketchup. What
ketchup do you want it to be? Heins seductively. Was
(01:15):
that Christina's a big laugh?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
I enjoyed that.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So yeah, I sound, I said, heines like a sassy
little gay country boy. But it's okay.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
You are what you are, a player raccoon attack situation,
and let's go to the Florida News.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
A Florida woman recovering from an animal attack that happened
in her own backyard. It happened in Palm Beach garden.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
She says she felt a.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Bite on her leg as soon as she opened the door.
Gil Hines of Palm Beach recovering after falling victim to
a wild animal attack.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
And I step out like this, and all of a sudden,
I feel something on my leg and biting me. And
I look and it's this huge raccoon. And I screamed,
of course, and shook him off, and he ran off
to the corner.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
She says, she ran inside and dowsed her leg in peroxide.
When her husband got home, they rushed to the er.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Okay, so let's stop it right there. So what could
happen here? Just kind of change the story, you know,
they could take it somewhere else. You got bit by raccoon,
you run in, you put prox out, that seems like
husband's there, gets you to the er.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We're good, got peroxide with him. What are you saying?
What could take this in another direction.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Any guesses.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Did the raccoon have some of the lady's jewelry with.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
What happened to the raccoon?
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Right?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Okay, did you take her belongings?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yea? No mouth aids.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Okay, okay, rabies or mouth aids. Okay, I have interesting, right,
that's okay.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Her daughter then came to the house to wait for
animal control.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Okay, so the daughter's now at the house. Animal controls
that come check out the scene. Get the raccoon with
the rabies, of the mouth aids or the jewelry.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
The raccoon had come out and come to the pool
to get some water and then wandered to the end
of the courtyard and spit up blood and keeled over
and died.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Oh, hold on, the ladies, the ladies. The lady had
something in her that killed the raccoon.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
She had mouth aids.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Okay, her leg So I'm watching this this morning. I'm like, okay,
so she got by raccoon, Like it is a crazy story,
but that's not good enough to make it to the show.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
And then I was like, wait, the raccoon is like,
goes the pool, gets a little drink, and then stumbles over.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And then goes, oh, it's out blood and then keels
over zombie raccoon.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Out of caution, Gil opted to get vaccinated for rabies
just to be safe, while the raccoon was sent to
the lab to test for it. It was definitely more unusual,
just because the animal died on its own right after
the exposure, she says. The result came back negative for rabies.
Gail has since learned that it may have ingested rat poison.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Okay, so she learned from who told other local raccoons.
So they think they think the raccoon had rat poison,
but we don't know. They're like, look, we're not trying
to start a war. This guy eat some rat poison.
We're good, We're not going to attack you. They're all
sitting there at the negotiating table.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You see them on the next door app like, the
doctor's already talking. They already taken the body in. He's
tested negative for rabies. Yeah, So I don't know. I
thought it was weird that she knew.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Gail has since learned that it may have ingested rat poison.
If that's not the case, she jokes that maybe she's
the problem.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
All of my friends. We're saying, oh my god, one
bite of Gail and he's dead.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Well, experts with the reminder bent away.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Did she get bluntsied by that edit?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
You know they're gonna throw out of that cold comet.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Just check.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Oh my god, one bite of Gail and he's dead.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Experts.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
She just like she almost said, are you guys following
the strip?
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Player, we're saying, oh my god, one bite of Gale.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
And he's dead.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Okay, Well experts with a reminder to keep it.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
I haven't seen the story, but just based on the audio,
Gale sounds like a smoke show. Yeah, and she's got
a uh. I think she's got a trail of dead
boyfriends too. What the reporter looks like?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Huh, she looks she's fine.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
She's very like Fox News Blazer, Florida, Fox News laser.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That's a wasted question, blonde.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
What does that do for you?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Either way?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yes or no? Pants?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Okay, now we're going did she look over her shoulders?
Look over her shoulders?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Weird angle?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
All right?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Coming up next?
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Other men's in the Big Finish. An anonymous NBA player
poll players talking about the Luca trade off the record,
this is juicy, We'll have this for you in less
than four minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
That's coming up here next
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