The tamest wild cat

That is hilarious! There are so many possible comments to that one but alas... I'll leave it at "that is hilarious!"

Oy! You were just as involved in Eternacon as I was!

Yeah, I remember that night, if not that story. A "star watching party" is a grand event. I loved that really large scope. The moon never looked closer! Well, okay, ONCE--when I was hitching through the SW desert, & the Moon was HUGE right at ground level straight in front of us, & looked every bit as wide as the road! I swear you could see the shadows of the mountains in the lunar "seas!"

But your story reminded me of something my aunt Oleta (may she rest in peace) once told me. In the area where she lived at that time, my G-Parents' farm--a very backwoods part of NW Louisiana--she was sitting on the porch & a few of the many house cats morons dumped off there were on the porch with her. She felt one nudge up against her hand, & she absently skritchled it on the head. She didn't look at first, but eventually she did, & discovered she'd been petting a BIG cat--one of the wild variety!

As it was my crazy aunt, I was skeptical until I recalled that one moonlit night when I was a little girl, I saw a black panther cross that same yard! Totally silently, it moved from the shadows to the light, then back into the heavy shadows. I was thrilled.

Reports of the occasional panther still come in from time to time. The areas still is pretty rural & overgrown. I just know I'll never forget how that brush with the wild made me feel.

Maggiepie
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boggers to that i couldn't have done it @ all.
i would have been freaking out when i first seen them let alone them getting up close.
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I love the auld skunks as they are fierce and yes brazen..a great word..brazen!
The wierdest-smelling skunks I ever encountered were up near Salisbury Beach in MA...I think they must mingle with those other skunks in Searook, NH, so it makes them smell odd hahah, not that skunk smell is nice to me or anything, but my x used to love the smell of skunks, said it cleared the nostrils out..ewww, I think it cleared their brains out, coz there weren't any ElicBxn!
Imagine petting one..That guy probably nearly died of shock.
That is a cool story.
The auld stepmother in this house told me that her daughter had a pet skunk in the basement when she was little. But the Dad got mad and made her get rid of it. She comes up with some stories alright too!

HA!!!

It's been ages since I heard a skunk referred to as a polecat. It's nice to hear! I don't doubt his story, though. Animals are unpredictable and the skunk probably saw over time that it had nothing to fear from your friend.

Good story
Back in our pre-kids days hubby and I were camping for a week. One evening after a supper of steak, potato and corn on the cob on the grill, we were relaxing in our lounge chairs and reading. We heard a rustling sound and hubby said "don't move". There was a skunk going though our trash. We sat and watched him and he eventually chose a corn cob and wandered off with it. You're right about not messing with a skunk, he basicly had us held captive until he left.

OMG! Your frined was lucky that he did not get spayed. I have never been sprayed myself but all I knwo of skunks is Peppe LePue form the cartoons. lol

Talk about a "What the HELLO!" moment!
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Skunks can be quite unafraid of Humans, waltzing right in through the cat door to munch down on cat crunchies (or dog munchies). So can many 'wild' animals accumulate themselves to Humans that move in on their territory, they will just move back. The funniest video I ever saw was a tiny tiny deer fawn wobbling in through a cat door, look around, "Um...where am I?" and wobble right back out.

Good thing I know polecat=skunk. We have many skunk stories up here. I'm amazed the skunk didn't spray him. They do tend to eat a lot of cat food. I had to bring my cat feeding indoors (even though messy) because between the skunks and raccoons, my cat (who likes to eat at night) was lucky if he got any food. They are neat creatures though, omnivores who are quite adaptive. They don't get as big as raccoons. We have some huge ones here and they can get rabies. Thanks for the story, wild animal ones are always fun.

my 3 cats were born in a wild and were later on abused. when my boyfriend rescued them, they were very scared and fought back. these little kittens scratch my boyfriend's arm so bad that he was dripping blood everywhere. he help the most aggressive kitten to his chest and eventually he came down and started purring. he is now a total mush, very cute guy, but they can kill anyone who threatens them. I find a lot of wild animals very cute and loving. many of them although people hate them are actually really sweet. some of them have families that they would do anything for. people can easily befriend some of them.