I was house sitting and doggie sitting one time. One night I let Sweet Pea out for one more time before hitting the sheets and I hear her screaming coming from the back of their yard. I can’t find a yard light so I grab a flash light and I can see her running and jumping at the fence. (It’s a wooden fence) I finally find my sandals which were where they always were but I was freaking and couldn’t see them. She is out there carrying on and I can see something running on top of the fence. I trip over a planter in this garden they have but my main thought is get the dog to safety cause I am SURE this monster is going to eat her alive and I will have to explain to the owners what happened to her. I am yelling at her and then I finally get the flashlight directed at this man/dog eating animal lurking on the fence. As I scream I see HUGE fangs hanging down that say…”I am going to eat you alive” right in front of my face. It is getting ready to lunge at this dog as I stumble backwards from fright. Phew..this sucker is HUGE…
When I screamed at her to get back to the house (this has been going on for what seems like hours but really only minutes) the neighbors lights start to come on. Oh great..not only am I in a fancy neighborhood but now I woke up neighbors on the street behind us. Great. Some guy asks if anything is wrong and I flash my light at this creature. He hollers and starts chasing it with a baseball bat.
Well…it is a possum. Not anything from the ice age but for a moment I thought Ice Age 2 was being filmed in the back yard and no one told me.
But..in self defense…this animal was big. Seriously….