The Uninvited, Unwanted, Unwelcome...you get the picture, Guest was an opossum.
Cybill discovered him in our garage one night while she was feeding the cats. All she saw was the rat like tail, and that was enough to send her dancing into the house, in a rather excited, shrilling voice that she saw something.
The opossum thought he could just blend right in with our two cats, get free food and bask in the protection of our garage without being noticed.
Devin to the rescue! After two days, a call into the animal control, and the critter not showing any signs of leaving, or payment for his accommodations, Devin caught the opossum, trapped him in a storage bin and let him go in the forest by our home. Far enough away I hope.
A golf club is the best defense, didn't you know? (I could input something about Tiger and Elin, but I will let your own imaginations go with that one.)
Did you know that opossums stink? Really really bad? Devin soon discovered that one. I stayed back at a safe distance for good measure. The critter didn't run right away. Just stayed there like a statue. We ran faster than he did.
Oh. And to the people walking their dogs, staring at us as we were coming out of the forest..."What, you mean a man and a woman coming out of the forest at twilight in flip flops, holding an empty storage bin, a camera and a golf club looks unusual? Come on...
3 comments:
So funny! You crack me up :) And that's crazy that an opossum just moved in. It's nuts how much the wildlife around here is comfortable living around crazy humans!
Funny story! I wonder if he'll stay away? We had raccoons under our house and the "critter getter" said that if he moved them to George Washington park, they would just come back. I wanted that rather than to dispose of the poor things. Opossums are better then rats though. I opened the back door and saw three last night. I then made Albert go out to the garage to get the laundry. I hope so bad that they don't figure out how to get in the garage!
I wish so bad I could've seen you guys coming out of the forest w/flip flops, camera, golf clubs, etc. :) Glad you got rid of your invader.
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