I was going to quote Detective Frank Drebin, but decided to go in a different direction.
Priscilla! Nice.
Oh–and mongoose in Hawaii and Fiji.
ETA: Big fruit bats, Fiji and Cambodia.
Years ago, when I lived in the city of Harrisburg, PA (yep, in the CITY), I was sitting on the back porch steps one summer evening as the sun was beginning to set. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a skunk wandering through the neighbor’s back yard. He squeezed under the fence, into my yard, strolled not more than a few feet in front of me as he crossed the yard, then squeezed under the opposite fence of my other neighbors. I didn’t move an inch–I don’t think I even breathed–and I prayed that none of the kids would come to the back door for me and startle it.
Another summer evening, still in the city, I heard an ungodly shriek outside. It seems that Hallgirl2 had been walking around the house in the semi-dark and encountered an opossum. Scared both of them half to death, causing Hallgirl2 to shriek. When I ran out, I saw Hallgirl2 against the side of our house and the 'possum frozen in fear against the neighbor’s house on it’s hind legs, claws up and teeth bared. Ugliest thing ever.
A few weeks ago, I was at Hunt Valley (Maryland) and getting onto I-83, when right there at the shoulder of the on ramp were 6-8 turkey vultures, feasting on some roadkill. I wish I would have been in a position to pull over and watch them–they’re really quite ugly and look like something out of a horror novel.
Now I live semi-rural and down the street, in a former barn’s rock foundation live a family of groundhogs. The access hole is a couple of feet off the ground and in the summer, they’ll often come out and sun themselves and look for food. Once time, Hallboy and I were driving by and saw Momma out with her baby. I slowed down the car so we could watch them (I love groundhogs), but Momma darted through the foundation hole. The baby tried to follow her, only he was too little to easily make the hole. It took him a few tries to jump high enough and Hallboy and I laughed ourselves silly watching him. He was really cute. Usually, they will stick their heads out the hole and watch whatever is happening.
In northern New Jersey in the middle of winter, three wild turkeys have been hanging around for two days. And, yes, I’ve seen them flying.