Basement Cam at the Raccoon Saloon

An Unlikely Wildlife Refuge

The Raccoon Saloon began as a modest hunting camp tucked into rural Maine, visited only a handful of times each year by out-of-state hunters. As the owners aged and visits grew rare, the old farmhouse was left quietly abandoned — and a family of wild raccoons moved in, claiming every room, including the cellar below, as their own.

An Infrared Watch on the Cellar

Set beneath the farmhouse in a stone-walled basement, this infrared camera keeps a steady eye on Tiger's heated den, a round tunnel bed tucked among weathered fieldstone. A raised wooden platform nearby holds feeding bowls for any raccoon that wanders down from the rooms above.

Shadows, Stone, and the Occasional Visitor

Longtime viewers have nicknamed the cellar's dim corners a haunt for "ghosts," a running joke born from the flickering shapes cast across the rough stone walls. Real or imagined, the basement's quiet, sheltered corners make it one of the property's coziest retreats for a napping raccoon.

Part of a Larger Network

The basement view is just one of many fixed cameras placed around the Raccoon Saloon grounds, each watching a different room or corner of the property. Together they let viewers follow the resident raccoons as they explore, forage, and settle into their unusual rural home.