A strange opossum story from Wyoming
@Deepizzaguy (122196)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
June 18, 2022 3:47pm CST
Chris Thomas who is a deputy with the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) in Wyoming responded to a call from a resident located west of Rock Springs three days ago when an opossum was located under the home.
Officer Thomas was able to get the opossum out from underneath the home to take the animal home with her for a short while until she was able to take the opossum she named George to a local rehabilitation center until the officials to their area of the nation where the male opossum can call home.
What makes this story odd is that Officer Thomas believes that George was hiding underneath a semi in another state that stopped to get some gasoline.
It is rare for an opossum to call home in the Western part of the United States. Officer Thomas does not believe that George ran away from his former part of the nation on his own.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
23 Jun 22
If it did happen in our place, kids will make fun of it or they will throw stones until it scampers and gets lost.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Jun 22
It is a shame that kids in your place do not like possums that much.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
24 Jun 22
@Deepizzaguy They're having fun. But the adults don't.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jun 22
I saw a video on something that showed a guy opening the top drawer of his barbecue and there was a family of opossums in there. This one must of wanted the dark under the house.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jun 22
Opossums are known for staying underneath autos to keep away from the heat.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Jun 22
@Deepizzaguy .........They are weird little critters.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jun 22
@celticeagle I have noticed that.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
19 Jun 22
He is a good deputy to do so.
Those opossums always remind me of ghost face.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jun 22
I agree with you that Officer Thomas has a heart of gold.
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@wolfgirl569 (135791)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jun 22
We see them all the time here. Glad he will be moved.
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@LindaOHio (222482)
• United States
19 Jun 22
I'm glad that George will be rehomed. We have a lot of opossums here in Ohio.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jun 22
I am with you that George the opossum will find a new home, in my former neighborhood, there were a few opossums in the back yard after Hurricane Laura came in 2020.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jun 22
I am glad they got that opossum, I have had one visiting me on my porch at night and sitting on my table there but I have not seen him now in a long time,
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jun 22
I do believe that I have seen a few opossums in my former neighborhood about the time that Hurricane Laura came in 2020.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jun 22
That was Officer Thomas said in her report to social media. The opossum got underneath he auto to rest.
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