We’re kind of in love with this mountain man and his pet raccoon

All his raccoons are named Gunshow. They like Hannah Montana shampoo. You can't make this stuff up.

SwampMusic12’s YouTube channel is one of the weirder things we’ve seen on the internet — it’s just a Santa-looking hillbilly (his words, not mine!) playing with his pet raccoons and shilling for Hannah Montana bath products.

The original raccoon was named Gunshow, and he was fat as hell, and this is probably why:

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But rest assured, he did get some exercise:

Gunshow died in January, and now there’s a new racoon, named Gunshow:

Gunshow likes Hannah Montana shampoo:

So did Gunshow:

In short, I have no idea what we’re looking at here but it’s pretty great.

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