A railroad worker rescued a raccoon from an oncoming train after its testicles hair froze to the track.

Neil Mullis, 35, found the traumatized animal and carefully freed him using warm water and a shovel.

Mr Mullis, from Cochrane, Georgia, USA, said: 'I poured the warm water under his bottom while a co-worker worked the shovel under his butt to try and break him loose.

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