Wow! That is an interesting story.
My first guess would have been a racoon and then you ruled that out.
I am naturally a skeptic, but I have experienced something weird in my own life. So, even though I am skeptical by nature, I rarely mock these types of things anymore.
I am listening to this interview and the young gentleman brings up the topic of unexplainable events and as a self-proclaimed skeptic himself, cannot explain such things. He recently announced to his thousands of YouTube subscribers that he is becoming Catholic Christian.