And now it’s time for;
Opposum II; Electric Boogaloo
Yep, another 'possum on the porch, even though we took the food dish in at night, this one was curled up in one of the “Cat Barrels”, this one appears to be juvenile (notice the lack of usage of past participles like “used to be” or “was”…)
for some reason, they’re still coming around, I wanted it to go away, leave us alone, so, I took the other cat barrel, put it in front of the “possum barrel” and went upstairs to go and get my…
(crowd thinking…) “He’s gonna’ say gun I just know it, even though he denies his bloodlust, he can’t resist killing a defenceless animal, I just know it, I bet you anything he’s gonna’ say gun”
…Heavy leather gloves, oh, I’m sorry, you were expecting me to say gun, weren’t you? well, you’re wrong, I went and got my leather work gloves, as this possom was going to be live-released across the road
So, I pulled on the gloves, went out on the porch, and slowly tipped the PossumBarrel vertical, the 'possom cowered in the bottom of the barrel, trying to look as small and pitiful as it could, not even hissing, this one looked at me with a “Pweease don’t hurt me, Mister MacTech, I promise I’ll be a good marsupial…” expression…
insofar as an opposum can look “cute”, this one did
I took the barrel across the road, and put it down on the curb, facing the woods, giving the barrel a solid kick and making as predatory a growl as I could muster, I wanted to put the fear of Og into this one, and scare him off so he never returns
It seemed to work, I have never seen a 'possum run that fast, he dissapeared into the snow-covered woods, hopefully never to be seen again, if he does come back, I’ll simply scare him off again
as I said in my OP I AM a live-and-let-live kinda’ guy, the research I have done after shooting the first 'possom leads me to believe that shooting that one was unnecessary especially since 'possoms are not the only vector for EPM