--- --- # People in Toronto Have Created a Memorial to a Dead Raccoon Left on the Street by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Jul 10, 2015 7:36 AM UTC by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Jul 10, 2015 7:36 AM UTC Residents of Toronto rallied around a dead raccoon left on the side of the street for an entire day, creating a memorial to him. As the memorial grew, #DeadRaccoonTO began trending on Twitter. It began at around 9 a.m. local time Thursday, when a concerned Torontonian tweeted at Animal Services to pick up a dead raccoon on the street. > [](https://twitter.com/jasonwagar/status/619130177285550080) As the hours progressed, the raccoon’s corpse remained untouched. Instead of running away in disgust, some Torontonians decided to memorialize him. > [](https://twitter.com/jasonwagar/status/619221725859983360) Passersby left notes, candles and even flowers. Twitter took notice and the raccoon was even give a name, Conrad. > [](https://twitter.com/Xantheexo/status/619372394965266432) Once night fell, though, a City of Toronto worker finally came to pick the raccoon up. At that point, #DeadRaccoonTO had captured the hearts and minds of Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/KrisReports/status/619342517394386944) Some Twitter users even made a meme out of Conrad’s ordeal. > [](https://twitter.com/Bellaegure/status/619385019828572160) #RIP Conrad. You may be lying dead in a dumpster somewhere, but, like Jon Snow, we won’t forget you. Canadians Create Memorial to Dead Raccoon Left on Toronto Street ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3952504/toronto-canada-dead-raccoon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3952504/toronto-canada-dead-raccoon/"},"headline":"People in Toronto Have Created a Memorial to a Dead Raccoon Left on the Street","datePublished":"2015-07-10T07:36:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:58.519Z","description":"#RIP Conrad","url":"https://time.com/3952504/toronto-canada-dead-raccoon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","twitter","Bizarre","Canada","Toronto"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3952504/toronto-canada-dead-raccoon/","name":"People in Toronto Have Created a Memorial to a Dead Raccoon Left on the Street"}}]}] ```