By Maria Chiorando for Mailonline
15:45 16 February 2024, updated 17:14 16 February 2024
MUM Charlotte Glazier was left feeling “completely baffled” after she saw a hole in her back door and noticed her kitchen cupboard had been raided.
At first, the woman, from Ryde, Isle of Wight, thought she was the victim of “reckless vandalism”, but she soon realized there was “nothing humane” about the state her home was left in.
After some time passed, the mother realized that the “massacre” was actually caused by the badger, which was trying “everything possible to get home.”
The mother described the incident, saying: “It was like something out of a fairytale when you get home and say ‘Did anyone try to eat my porridge?’”
It was that kind of moment but I couldn't figure out what it was. The entire place has been destroyed.
Mrs Glazier had returned home with her friend and daughter at around 6pm on Valentine's Day to find that the pane of glass had been shattered. In addition, her daughter's door had “large bear marks.”
The mother said her bedroom looked like “absolute carnage” and her washing machine pipe had also been punctured.
At first, the mother wondered if the damage was caused by “reckless vandalism by young men who broke into the house”, but quickly realized it had to be an animal.
The woman – in her 40s – added: “I quickly realized there was nothing human about this – I didn't know what kind of animal it was.”
“I couldn't figure out what animal it was.” “I was confused.”
Eventually, Ms Glazier found the badger hiding under her bed, which she said was doing “everything possible to get home”.
After spending 45 minutes on the phone with police and the RSPCA, she eventually came across the Badger Trust Isle of Wight.
Graham Lee, from the volunteer organization, attended and when he entered the bedroom, he saw the badger sleeping in an overturned box.
“I watched him walk around the room to make sure he wasn't hurt, then I caught him, put him in our badger cage and checked him out,” he said.
Mr Lee asked a neighbor to help carry the cage down the stairs and onto the sidewalk
“She walked down the sidewalk without a care in the world toward a place I knew,” he added.
Mr Glazier said Mr Lee was a “godsend” and said she did not expect to return home on Valentine's Day to find a badger.
“We came back and we weren't expecting it,” the mother said. “We had another plan that night and it wasn't to try to ward off the badger in the best possible way.” Having a badger in my bedroom on Valentine's Day was definitely a first.
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