Be careful, RD. Don't know much about where you live, but skunks generally
avoid people and people smells except when they are rabid. They are known
rabies carriers. I doubt your insurance would cover either being bit by a
rabid skunk or the clean up required to get rid of the odor... ;-)
Cheers!!
Jim
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Robert Duquette <
robertduquette@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Last night, I found myself wondering what my house/car insurance covered,
> as I
> stood on the driveway. Here's my story:
> It was after dark before I got out to the garage. Opened the big door,
> flipped
> on the
> light; remembered that I should put out the garbage and recycling ... made
> one trip out to the street, came back grabbed the handle of the composting
> bin
> and heard a strange noise as I tilted it and saw a blur of movement. My
> first
> thought was 'skunk'. Then I thought "Nah, it must have been racoons. It was
> more beige than white.' So I haul that container to the curb and come back
> and 2 skunks come back around the corner of the garage towards me. "Yikes!"
> So, I naturally backed off and ( perhaps foolishly ) started clapping my
> hands
> softly. Not to scare or startle them but to let them be aware that I was
> there. I had 2 fears. You can guess the first one. The second was that I
> did not have a remote handy to close the door and I didn't want to lose
> sight
> of the door, have them enter and then close the door. I also wasn't found
> of
> the idea of going up to the door to press the button, but I eventually did.
> I
> even took the time to shut off the light. I did not, however, finish
> putting
> out the garbage.
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