 Let me start by saying this didn't happen to me. I heard it tho, from the guy who it did happen to.
I was at a party, and while it wasn't at his place, everyone told me about how he had this neat place out on the lake, so I figure this is a true story.
The party was being held by some of my science fiction friends, but not the bunch I generally hung out with. The former roommate was heavily involved in a group called Eternicon, and was part of the team running the group. This party was an Eternicon party.
So, we are sitting outside, waiting for it to get dark enough to look thru the telescopes and I was petting one of the owners cats. This guy was sitting by me, petting another one and started this story.
"These are nice cats.
"I've got some feral cats out where I live on the lake. I've been feeding them for a while and they've been hanging out when I sit outside.
"I've been hoping that one day one of them would get friendly enough to let me pet it. They would come and sit near me, but not close enough to touch.
"One evening I was sitting out there and I kind of dropped my hand down and felt something furry. I thought 'One of the cats is letting me pet it!'
"So, I started kind of gently scratching it, and it leaned into the scratching, obviously enjoying the scratching.
"I was getting curious as to which cat was letting me pet it, so, slow, so I wouldn't startle it, since it was under my chair, I started moving so I could see who it was.
"Well, first I saw black, and yeah, there were a few cats with black, but this was more black than most of those, so I shifted some more.
"I suddenly realized I wasn't petting just ANY cat! I was petting a polecat!
"I stiffened up, and kept on petting. I sure didn't want to make it unhappy with me!
"Finally, it had enough and wandered off. After that I was more careful about what I was petting!"
Needless to say, those of us listening to the story were laughing. But honestly, who wouldn't agree that skunks are pretty brazen since nothing much will mess with them!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk
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