"Raccoon Whisperer"—that's how this man named James Blackwood likes to call himself. James lives on the east coast of Canada in the Province of Nova Scotia, and for 25 years, he's been dedicating a part of his life to taking care of the raccoons who live in his local woods.
James has a YouTube channel where he shares bits and bobs of his daily life taking care of the little fluffers. Recently, one of his videos, capturing him feeding a pack of adorable raccoons hot dogs, went viral.
James' video currently has more than 4 million views
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
"It was snowing with freezing temperatures and the raccoons were super hungry and knew they had to stock up for the long winter," reads the description of the video. Video captures James going outside on his back porch and hand-feeding a crowd of wild raccoons from his hot dog bucket.
Video captures James hand-feeding the adorable raccoons from a bucket of hot dogs
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
Once the bucket gets empty, James goes inside and a few moments later comes back with another bucket full of hot dogs. After that, the man brings raccoons a bucket full of chocolate-dipped cookies. Finally, James brings them a bucket of dog food.
Once the bucket is empty, James goes inside and comes back with another bucket full of hot dogs
James started taking care of raccoons 25 years ago. "This was my wife's project, and she died in 2003 of cancer and begged me on her death bed to take care of her raccoons and cats and her mother," reads the description of one of James' videos.
After that, James brings the raccoons some cookies and dog food
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
"I honored her wishes and took care of the cats and her mother for the next ten years. I have two rescue cats that live here Connor and Charlotte but they stay indoors. Special Note: thank you for the kind offers of money and Gifts but I cannot accept I would rather you donate to your local SPCA or Animal Welfare locations in your area," James continues.
The man has been taking care of the local raccoons for the past 25 years to honor his wife
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
Image credits: James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer
If you'd like to see some more wholesome content—which we all could use right now—you should definitely visit James' YouTube channel to check more of his videos.