Urban Hunter Glemie Beasley Turns Detroit Wildlife Into a Buffet

Glemie Dean Beasley is a man who gets by in hard economic times.

His business? Beasley's a raccoon hunter. He hunts (presumably without using tasers), cooks and eats raccoons. And for $12 a pop, he'll prepare one for you to take home for dinner. (It's a little less traditional than Boston Market, but it's enough to feed four provided you rustle up the fixin's.)

A retired trucker, Beasley lives in urban Detroit where hunting is not allowed. No worry, he claims to stalk his prey outside the city limits.

Beasley's sustenance is really just an offbeat take on the locavore movement: He points out how food infused with chemicals and hormones is causing humans to "blow up" just like the servings of meat they're consuming. Eating right means taking responsibility for what's around you, according to Beasley, so hunting what's plentiful and nearby makes more sense to him. And, it's more cost effective, too.

In recent years Detroit has seen a massive decline in population. Meanwhile, wildlife has been encroaching in the urban areas. For most in the Motor City, that's a bad sign, but for Beasley it means business is booming.