I’ve had it with the weight gain, so I implemented a diet and exercise program. My husband and I walked a route of about 3 miles last fall and I thought I’d continue that tradition. Hubby is working long hours so I recruited one of the twins to walk with me. We have four dogs (all of whom were spayed a week ago) so off we go.

A few blocks from my house, I see this black and white thing that I thought was a small dog, as we got closer I saw it was a skunk and he/she saw us at the same time. I’ve never seen a wild skunk in the middle of the afternoon before and I expected it to dart, it did, but not away from us, toward us! I calmly told my son to turn around and walk back up the hill, eventually telling him why. That little bugger was tracking us! It chased us for over two blocks until a van pulled over to the side and started yelling at it trying to startle it. That gave us enough of a head start that I was able to stop for breath (I am SO out of shape) at the top of the hill. The van stopped and the guy driving called animal control, he lived down that way and the skunk went after his puppy a few minutes before it spotted us.

I have never seen a skunk as bold as that one, out in the middle of the day; people, animals, and vehicles did not bother it in the least. If it hadn’t been so aggressive I would have thought that it was someone’s pet. The driver of the van also thought that this behavior was indicative of a rabid animal.