That wou;d almost entail a short story. I did have one when I was
six. The encounter was a good one. No spray, no claw marks, just a
nice freindly nap together.
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, KitFox <kitfox@...> wrote:
>
>
> >--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "sirfoxxie" <sirfox@> wrote:
> > > folks, we're getting rather off-topic again. Could you take any
> > > anti-virus software advice and/or flames to private email?
>
> At 08:33 PM 12/3/2006, hairygosimer wrote:
> >I agree.....
>
> I both agree, and see you agreement and raise you a topic...
>
> Who out there on this list has had any real life skunk encounters?
Live
> ones, not roadkill. Good encounters, bad encounters, whichever.
>
> So I was sitting on the step of the walkway petting the two
neighborhood
> cats. Cold day (25F) and my nose was non-operational. The cats
were happy
> to rub against me and climb repeatedly over my lap.
>
> Something else nosed at my back, and I figured it was either a dog
or
> another cat, since the two cats took one look at it, hissed, and
scampered
> off. The intruder wandered around beside me, rubbing against me the
whole
> way, and seemed friendly enough, so I reached down to pet it. Odd
> shape... Weird fur... Huh? *Glance down at skunk that was
sniffing my leg*
>
> I contemplated freaking out and running, but the darn things can
spray 20
> feet, so startling it would be a bad idea. I just got that sort of
deer in
> the headlights facing oncoming doom type of frozen status. The
skunk just
> happily climbed into my lap and flopped there for warmth. So I was
stuck
> with a dilemma... How does one evict a lap skunk without getting
sprayed?
>
> I was saved shortly afterwards when another pedestrian wandered
by. He
> noted that that thing on my lap looked an awful lot like a skunk.
He
> approached, wondering how I got a pet skunk. The skunk took
affront at the
> invasion and climbed off my lap, doing the signature handstand at
the guy,
> who I quickly informed that it was NOT my skunk, and coming closer
probably
> wasn't a good idea. So he backed off.
>
> The skunk apparently decided my lap was too close to a high-traffic
area
> and vanished under the bushes nearby, leaving me skunkless and
safe. Was a
> heck of a time explaining it to the guy, but he thought it was
amusing anyway.
>
> Any other live skunk stories of any type? Details! Need details!
>
Received on Tue Dec 05 2006 - 10:37:46 CST