Big-budget Marvel films may have dominated the box office in 2018, but it was a real-life skycraper-scaling superhero who stole the summer.
On 12 June, a raccoon in Minnesota began climbing a 25-storey office building. Once on his vertiginous ascent, authorities decided they shouldn’t disturb him in case he accidentally fell. So they waited in hope that he would reach the top. By the ninth floor, his movements were being documented by Minnesota Public Radio (earning it the hashtag #MPRracoon). By the 15th, the world was watching on social media, praying for his safety. James Gunn, director of the raccoon-featuring Guardians of the Galaxy films, offered to donate $1,000 to charity if anyone could successfully bring the animal to safety.
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