This true story proves that all animals need to let loose...

The staff at a Virginia liquor store showed up after Thanksgiving to discover a raccoon had broken in and gone straight for the scotch. The “masked bandit” apparently fell through a ceiling tile, raided the bottom shelf, and then passed out in the bathroom between the toilet and the trash can like a true rookie drinker.

Animal control hauled the tiny criminal off for “questioning” once it sobered up, found no injuries—unless you count the hangover—and released it back into the wild to rethink its life choices.

The store was left with smashed bottles, scotch puddles, and a single blurry CCTV shot that proves nothing except that raccoons party hard when no one's around. The staff thanked animal control for giving the intruder a “sober ride home,” while the officer summed it up as, basically, just another day at work.

There's no word if the raccoon drank the single malts or the blended.