BREAKING: THE RACCOONS OF GALVESTON HAVE ARRIVED20+ MASKED BANDITSTHEY LIVE ON THE ROCKSTHE CITY CAN'T STOP THEM
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Cartoon colony of Galveston raccoons taking over the seawall rocks
Straight outta East Beach

The masked bandits of Galveston present

GALVESTONTRASHRACCOON

They came for the trash.
They stayed for the pump.

Enter the colony $GTR
COMMUNITY COIN
21raccoons identified
on the seawall

01 / THE LORE

A local nuisance.
An internet legend.

From the east end of Seawall Boulevard to the entire internet.

A colony of roughly 20 raccoons made the rocks of Galveston their kingdom. Tourists came to feed them. Cameras came to catch them. The city tried to warn them.

The trash pandas stayed.

02 / FIELD NOTES

RACCOON
REPORT

0120+

Masked bandits

Living among the rocks near Galveston's East Beach.

027

Bites reported

Over a two-week span in the 2026 update to the saga.

03∞

Internet potential

One beach colony. Zero respect for boundaries.

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What's actually going on at East Beach

  • The spot: the rocks near the eastern end of Seawall Boulevard in Galveston.
  • The headcount: 21 raccoons have been identified in the colony.
  • The trouble: seven people reported raccoon bites over a two-week span.
  • The ask: don't feed or approach wild raccoons, however cute the mask.

This is our own short summary. The Chronicle controls the full article and doesn't allow it to be shown inside other sites, so the complete story opens on their page.

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Wildlife details reported by the Houston Chronicle. Don't feed or approach wild raccoons.

03 / COLONY FILES

REAL ROCKS.
UNREAL ENERGY.

Scenes pulled straight from the Galveston shoreline and redrawn for the trash-panda takeover.

Comic illustration of four Galveston raccoons gathered on shoreline rocks
FILE 001THE ROCK COUNCIL
Comic portrait of a Galveston raccoon standing above the Gulf
FILE 002SEAWALL SENTINEL
Original mutant raccoon street crew defending the Galveston seawall
FILE 003MUTANT COAST CREW

04 / CARD FORGE

FORGE A
BROTHER.

Describe your raccoon and the junk he straps on. We'll draw his comic card.

Mask color
Your card shows up here
GTR raccoon mascot holding a bag of chips

05 / JOIN THE RAID

THE CITY
CAN'T STOP
THEM.

$GTR is a community-made meme coin inspired by Galveston's real, relentless shoreline residents.

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