--- title: "Cybertruck No Match for the Fury of Hungry Raccoons" description: "A particularly unlucky owner of a Tesla Cybertruck had an unfortunate incident with some raccoons while camping." date: "2024-07-15" modified: "2024-07-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-raccoon-damage" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Cybertruck No Match for the Fury of Hungry Raccoons ![A particularly unlucky owner of a Tesla Cybertruck had an unfortunate incident with some raccoons while camping.]() *\Image: Cybertruck Owners Club\* ## Fury of the Small An unlucky owner of a Tesla Cybertruck had an unfortunate incident with a daring horde of procyonids while on a camping trip. In a [post on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum](), the owner showed off pictures of the vehicle's tonneau cover, which was covered in adorable muddy paw prints. "Raccoons tried to enter vault overnight while camping in Minnesota!" the user wrote, using Tesla's overly optimistic marketing term for an enclosed truck bed. The animals — or possibly just one animal, to be fair — really put some effort into the attempted heist, gnawing apart the cover's trim piece and leaving massive holes — damage that'll [likely take a lot of time and money to fix](), given Tesla's track record. Besides, wasn't this vehicle meant to be rugged enough to survive a [dystopian hellscape]() and even the [surface of Mars]()? If a couple of hungry raccoons can do this much damage in a night, imagine the carnage that a horde of ravenous zombies could inflict on the truck. https://twitter.com/niccruzpatane/status/1811862232642293776 ## Raccoon City Other Cybertruck owners were characteristically optimistic. "Wowzers," another forum user chimed in. "I guess the vault is raccoon-proof! Hopefully, that trim piece isn't too expensive to replace." Others weren't so impressed. "If by 'raccoon-proof' you mean a small animal doing significant damage to your tonneau cover... then OK," one user [tweeted](). "A bear would have peeled it open like a can of sardines in about ten seconds," another owner wrote. Despite being advertised as a truck that is "[built for any planet]()" and "durable and rugged enough to go anywhere," Tesla has already encountered a whole host of issues, from [accelerator pedals that can get stuck]() to batteries with a [strong tendency to fail](). As it turns out, even raccoons can get past the Cybertruck's supposedly armored defenses. "Lesson learned where NOT to store food while camping," one forum user warned. Other pundits on Reddit, however, took a different tact. "Other trucks get around this problem by not looking like a dumpster," one user [joked](). **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Rumors Fly That Part of Kim Kardashian's Finger Got Cut Off by Her Cybertruck]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()