--- description: You'll notice this creatures makes pretty much no effort to be stealthy and just totally goes for it. title: Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2015 4:20 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2015 4:20 PM CUT If [Noted Doughnut Licker](http://time.com/3956709/ariana-grande-charges-licking-donut-doughnut/ "undefined") Ariana Grande and [Noted Internet Hero](http://time.com/4043383/rat-pizza-slice-subway/ "undefined") Pizza Rat had a baby, it would be this raccoon. He popped out of the ceiling at a doughnut shop, and surveyed the delicious pastries before carefully lowering himself onto the shelves. Behold: You’ll notice this creatures makes pretty much no effort to be stealthy and just totally goes for it. You’ll also notice that the people filming this event — most likely employees — are utterly delighted by this. “He is doing it. Yes! This is incredible,” they say. They’re rooting for the raccoon, giggling with delight and cheering him on as he manages to get an entire doughnut into his little mouth. Stay tuned just in case the raccoon pulls an Ariana Grande and posts [an apology video](http://time.com/3952415/ariana-grande-apologizes-licking-donuts/ "undefined") on YouTube. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/"},"headline":"Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut","datePublished":"2015-12-30T16:20:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:11.234Z","description":"Somewhere, Ariana Grande's heart is swelling with pride","url":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"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/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","name":"Bold Raccoon Emerges From Ceiling, Helps Himself to a Doughnut"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4164154/raccoon-steals-doughnut/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```