Woodchuck armageddon

Forgive me, I have to ask: Why were you looking for a rabid skunk and what were you planning to do once you found it?

And I have to deliver some sad news: The rabid skunk probably died a few days after you saw it. A couple of weeks at most.

If you last saw it a few years before then it had probably retired by then to a rabid skunk sheltered living development.