Corn on the Cob Night at the Club?

For the past few weeks, we have been finding corn cobs in our backyard. I thought maybe they were oddly shaped pine cones when I found these:

But then I found these:

Perhaps the golf club down the street has "Corn on the Cob Night" and the neighborhood raccoons think our backyard is the perfect place to stash what they've pilfered. I'd like to think that is the likely explanation and not that my neighbors are trashing their dinner remnants in my yard!