Never before has this happened! It was VERY STRANGE

@LeaPea2417 (36442)
Toccoa, Georgia
August 14, 2019 5:01pm CST
The story I am going to tell is real. It happened late last night 12:30 am ET (really it was very early morning). An hour or two earlier, a big thunderstorm, rain and wind happened. Right before the storm, the night air was thick as can be. It hadn't rained much in days. There was also at one point a bang of thunder that really sounded like a bomb going off! So, when the storm came, my husband and I think , nocturnal animals got freaked out. Because, exactly at 12:30 am, my husband and I lay down in our bed to turn off the light and go to sleep. But before I turned off the light, I had to get one thing from the bathroom. As I came back into the bedroom, the air conditioning came on. (our air conditioning unit sits right out side next to our bedroom window). Then all of a sudden, I say, "what is that smell" and my husband smelled it too. It smelled like a skunk! Our bedroom had a skunk smell in it! We ran to the front door and opened it, but no smell. Then we went to our sun room and did smell a skunk and smelled it more when we opened it's door. We think a skunk was walking through our yard, and as he was walking right past our air conditioning unit, some animal scared it and he let off his spray and it got into our bedroom vent and entered our bedroom! Our bedroom doors were closed and the sun room was closed off so the smell wouldn't go to the other areas of the house. We fell asleep, but an hour later, I awoke and still smelled it a little. By this morning it was gone. It wasn't too oppressive but it was enough to be bothered by it some. But isn't that crazy?
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• United States
14 Aug 19
Are you sure it wasn't the storm itself? I mean, these creatures are used to the storms, but that doesn't mean a bolt of lightning doesn't scare them every once in awhile. Either way, I am so glad that the scent is out of your place. Many years ago now, my uncle and brother were coming back from getting movies for us all to watch at a family gathering. They ran into a skunk and had to come home and get in the shower. They smelled awful when they walked in the door, it had penetrated their clothing.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
Sorry that happened to them. That has always been a fear of mine, to encounter one and for it to spray me directly.
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• United States
14 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 Yeah, It's a horrible, horrible scent. I guess it's got to smell bad enough to scare away other critters.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
16 Aug 19
Tomato juice is supposed to help get rid of skunk odor.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Aug 19
WOW I sure hope you can get rid of that skunk smell. Skunks always remind me of Pepe Le Pew
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Aug 19
I did think of Pepe Lew Pew when this happened!
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@betlynfrnds (4060)
• United States
15 Aug 19
Ooooh, Pepe la Pew came by for a visit. . I think skunks are such cute creatures but boy do they ever have a strong scent. We had a cat that got sprayed by a skunk. He came inside to eat as if nothing was wrong; he didn't care that he was stinking up the house. We had to wash the cat down with tomato juice to remove the scent. I think it's the acid in the juice that neutralizes the odor.
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• United States
16 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 I don't remember where I first heard this but it really does work. Almost instantly the odor was gone.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
16 Aug 19
That must have been quite a thrill for the cat, LOL
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Aug 19
Interesting about using tomato juice to get rid of the smell.
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
14 Aug 19
We don´t have skunks where I live and I´m glad of it. I did meet a skunk (or the smell of one) at a camp I went as a child in the US. It seems the skunk lived in the girl´s toilette.
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
15 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 It was! I had never seen so many animals in my life before I went to the camp in northern Wisconsin.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
16 Aug 19
@marguicha That must have been really fun for you!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
Glad you don't have them where you live and that is scary you saw one at a camp in the US when you were young.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
15 Aug 19
Sounds like a wild night.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
16 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 Did you put it on You Tube? ;)
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Aug 19
@Aquitaine24 No, I wasn't even thinking about YouTube when it happened.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Aug 19
It was
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
14 Aug 19
Oh my, maybe the lightning scared the smell out of the skunk! That is a little crazy.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
I guess it is possible the lightening scared it.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
15 Aug 19
That sure isn't a pleasant smell. Thank goodness you got the smell out of your house.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
15 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 I bet you are.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Aug 19
Yes, I am grateful it is gone.
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• Preston, England
16 Aug 19
that is pretty freaky
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Aug 19
It was
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Aug 19
Once in a while I will be a waft through the ac unit of a skunk, I think they are just jealous that they are outside and we are nice and cool. lol
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Aug 19
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Aug 19
That is a crazy story indeed! Is it possible the air conditioner turning on might have startled the skunk as he was walking by the unit? Either way, that skunk was in the wrong place when the smell got sucked up into your room!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Aug 19
That is possible that it was walking by right when the air conditioner came on, startling it, causing the smell. It really was a crazy thing that happened.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 Just be lucky that the smell didn't linger in your room!
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@DianneN (246819)
• United States
20 Aug 19
I’m not surprised, but glad the smell is gone!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Aug 19
Thank goodness it didn't last too long.
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@DianneN (246819)
• United States
20 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 I get awful headaches from skunk odor. You’re lucky it’s gone!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Aug 19
Oh ugh what bad timing for the skunk to be near your vent
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Aug 19
Yes, for all the places it could have been!
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@Janet357 (75656)
14 Aug 19
strange! and there was not even a skunk around?
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
It had been around, luckily we didn't see it, only smelled it.
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@Janet357 (75656)
15 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 they are cute as pets.they just remove this thing that exudes that nasty smell
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
14 Aug 19
Yes, amazing. Hope it doesn't stink anymore.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
Everything is better today, thank goodness.
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
15 Aug 19
@LeaPea2417 I am glad to hear that.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
14 Aug 19
If there was a big clap of thunder..that might have been the catalyst!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
That is possible.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Aug 19
it sure is . so many weird things been happening lately with this crazy weather. I been hearing things that aren't there too at times plus, these storms are sounding worse here too. big blasts of thunder right close like a bomb right near my window.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Aug 19
Yes, the weather is getting crazier.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Aug 19
That is a very unpleasant smell!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Aug 19
I agree
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
14 Aug 19
Have not seen one in years around our place.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
That is good.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
30 Aug 19
I'm glad that the smell was gone by morning.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
14 Aug 19
oh my, good thing you were able to sleep despite the smell
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 19
Yes, thank goodness.
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