A Run-a-muck with a Raccoon

At first glance this animal looks harmless,cute, maybe for some a house pet. Yes I have to agree it is very cute. But not when this animal is hungry at three in the morning. Okay so here's the story...
Last Wednesday my cousin, my sister, and I were sleeping outside because we were at a family reunion and there were no beds left, so we volunteered to sleep out in a tent. We had two beds out there and it was on the verge of raining so we could not touch the side of the tent or the rain would enter the tent. Knowing that sleeping outside is not the most comfortable place to sleep. So besides sleeping on the floor, we put my sister and my cousin on the queen size air mattress, and lucky me gets the small cushion next to the door. About an hour before we went to bed my aunt and her family left. But of her kids dropped a COOKIE yes a COOKIE next to our tent on accident and when she could not find it she LEFT. Of course with out us knowing. So we went to sleep. Actually they went to sleep, I sat there awake. About three in the morning I hear a crash then a couple more on the patio about a five second walk from our tent. Three words. I WAS SCARED! Then I turned on our light not knowing what animal it was. From a small bird to a big cougar. Then I saw the the knowing tail of the raccoon. At this moment I panicked jumping on my sister bed freaking them out. Then I told them and we all were scared together. Then we said a prayer. about ten minutes later it was back but this time it was circling our tent. Then my sister said that she had to go to the bathroom. We did not know what to do. so we got all our stuff and opened the window a bit to see what side it was on .It was on the opposite side so we booked it out of that tent. But while we were running I tripped and landed and I decided that is where I would be spending the rest of the night.