I smell a skunk this morning.

[Alligatorob]

A real one, no metaphor.

Happens a few times every year, only seen one once, we must have local residents. The dog has managed to get into a skunk or two whilst walking up the hill nearby, but never at home.

The odor is unpleasant, of course, but natural and one of life's smallest irritations. If I could rid our neighborhood of skunks I probably would not.

 

[Gary O']

If I could rid our neighborhood of skunks I probably would not.

Yeah, they're rather harmless little beings
Slow
Can't climb much
But...boy....that arsenal.....whoa

Best to not let 'em turn their back to ya, raise their tail and hind end

Having one take up residence at yer place gets tricky
However
There's live traps
and there's long poles
.....and tarps

 

[oldaunt]

I have a family of them living under the barn. Dogs learned to avoid them, and they keep to themselves

 

[911]

I was on patrol at about 6 in the morning and heading back to the Barracks to check out and go home. My shift ended. I passed a state park and a women was flagging me down. By instinct, I was thinking she had a flat tire. She said she was driving to work and eating her breakfast and decided to throw the wrappers and cup away in the trash receptacle in front of the park entrance.

She told me she got out of the car, but left the door open while she disposed of her trash in the receptacle and when she turned around, she saw a skunk climb in the back seat and she doesn't know why, but she slammed the door shut and knew right away that she made a mistake doing that because now the skunk couldn't escape. She asked me, "Could you get it out?"

I told her "No, but I can call someone that will." I called for Animal Control for that county and they were they in only 10 minutes. The 2 people threw a large waterproof awning cloth over it and removed it. The one man then grabbed it by the who-know-what and stuck it in an enclosed cage and thanked us and drove away. Long night and I'm going home.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

When my ex was an older teen, living in the country outside Nashville, the neighbor “across the holler” has a bad experience with a skunk. Back door was open, skunk wandered by and probably would have minded his own business but the lady’s tiny-yappy dog just had to come to the screen door and bark furiously at the ‘intruder’.

spray directly though the screen door, dog caught at point blank range, skunk scent all over entry way…. My ex heard loud exclamations of disgust, something like “ *#^@@@* POLECAT “ and went to help.

many cans of tomato juice later, the smell was knocked back but I don’t know if the dog ever figured out it was not a good idea to bark at a skunk!

 

[chic]

A real one, no metaphor.

Happens a few times every year, only seen one once, we must have local residents. The dog has managed to get into a skunk or two whilst walking up the hill nearby, but never at home.

The odor is unpleasant, of course, but natural and one of life's smallest irritations. If I could rid our neighborhood of skunks I probably would not.

I love skunks and have a family of them living in the wood on the edge of my backyard.

 

[jujube]

I got a "descented" skunk as a present for my 12th birthday. She still had a distinctive aroma about her, though, that no amounts of baths dispersed.

The funny thing is that she still would twist around and prepare to spray when she got agitated. First the foot stomping, then the "position".

Many years later, I had a neighbor who smoked a variety of mind-altering substances. One that he smoked occasionally smelled like skunk. I never found out what it was, but I could sure tell when he was smoking it. Pepe Le Pee-uuu......

 

[ohioboy]

In the movie "The night of the Grizzly" Clint Walker's little girl is standing with some men. The previous night she was sprayed by a skunk. One man looked down at her and said, "You smell like a Skunk". Well, she let loose and kicked him right in the shin.

 

[Chet]

While on a hike I heard rustling in the underbrush and it turned out to be a skunk. I stopped and just watched it rooting around looking for something to eat. It didn't bother it and it didn't bother me, and I went on my way.

 

[Murrmurr]

A real one, no metaphor.

Happens a few times every year, only seen one once, we must have local residents. The dog has managed to get into a skunk or two whilst walking up the hill nearby, but never at home.

The odor is unpleasant, of course, but natural and one of life's smallest irritations. If I could rid our neighborhood of skunks I probably would not.

Yeah, just means something scared the poor thing.

Aside from their defense system (which is brilliant), I like skunks. I like them more than raccoons. Skunks smell obnoxious occasionally. Raccoons ARE obnoxious ...all the time.

 

[Della]

Occasionally I'll open the door from the house to the garage and smell skunk at the same moment my dachshund goes sailing past me through the air, already barking before she lands -- but we've been lucky and she's never been quite fast enough to get sprayed. I leave the small garage door to the outside open so my dog can go in and out, naturally stray cats and skunks come in to investigate the garbage bins.

 

[Naturally]

 

[CallMeKate]

Here kitty kitty. The only skunk story I have is what I saw a few years ago while on the road. It was a parking lot and a police officer was... well, I don't know what he was doing, but the skunk was heading across the parking lot and the officer was chasing him/her into a wooded area. I really hope it ended well and not in a stinky mess! (It wasn't @911 although it may have been the right area... wasn't a state park.) I still think of that every time I go past that parking lot.

 

[Gary O']

One that he smoked occasionally smelled like skunk. I never found out what it was, but I could sure tell when he was smoking it. Pepe Le Pee-uuu.....

Prolly from a poorly nurtured MJ plant

 

[Llynn]

skunks are common around here. A few weeks ago, I was awakened from a deep sleep by the strong scent of skunk wafting into my bedroom through an open window. One of more of the critters must have walked closely by after having indulged in a bit of spraying not too long before.

I got up, closed the window and moved into a bedroom on the other side of the house to complete my snooze. Next morning, the room was clear.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I was coming down a hill really late one night. A skunk ran out in front of my car. I slammed on my breaks to keep from running him over. I stopped about four feet from him. He was right in front of me. I spared his life, that's when the SOB raised his tail and sprayed my car. So I gunned the car and chased him down the road, trying to get him. I spent the next hour at a carwash.

 

[jujube]

I have a great memory from the 1980's when we were on a family camping trip to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. My dad was with us. Just about everyone else at the campground had the good sense to eat supper before it got dark, 'cause that's when the bears, the racoons and the skunks showed up.

It's our first night and it had just gotten dark and we're sitting at the picnic table finishing up dinner when a skunk wanders onto the table. My dad lightly pokes it with a fork. I'm hissing, "Pop, stop doing that. It's going to spray you!" I have my 2 1/2 year old niece in a death-lock because she's reaching out yelling, "KITTY! KITTY!"

The skunk isn't impressed, not a bit. He starts eating off Pop's plate. Pop spears a piece of food and offers it to the skunk. The skunk is now eating off the fork. At some point, Pop starts "combing" the skunk with the fork. Now, the skunk is definitely impressed. It plops down on the table and lets my dad comb its fur for quite a while, before it eats a little more and wanders off.

We were lucky that night. The rest of the week, we ate supper before dark. The skunk, or at least A skunk came back every night looking for my dad, I believe.

 

[oldaunt]

I remember a horseback riding adventure from younger days. Just me, my horse and my very young dog, going down a wooded trail at a pretty good clip when a mama skunk and 4 babies wandered out onto the trail. Still not sure how I managed to shut down the horse and call off the half trained pup in time to avoid a smelly accident. Mama wasn't in any hurry to leave either, giving me the stink-eye for a bit before wandering off with the family. Better the eye than the other end....