(Although I'm still emotionally scarred from encountering one unexpectedly in my apartment's unfinished basement. "Doot doot doo... going into the basement to get some yarn to knit with... OMIGOD WHAT IS THAT IT'S THE BIGGEST RAT I'VE EVER SEEN AND IT'S HISSING AND DROOLING AND WHERE'S THE DOOR???" as I scrambled backward as fast as I could. Took a moment or two before I realized that it was a 'possum, it was nearly as startled as I was, and if I left the window open and the door to the rest of the apartment closed, it would probably leave. Luckily, it did. Otherwise that box of yarn would still be in that basement...)
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(Although I'm still emotionally scarred from encountering one unexpectedly in my apartment's unfinished basement. "Doot doot doo... going into the basement to get some yarn to knit with... OMIGOD WHAT IS THAT IT'S THE BIGGEST RAT I'VE EVER SEEN AND IT'S HISSING AND DROOLING AND WHERE'S THE DOOR???" as I scrambled backward as fast as I could. Took a moment or two before I realized that it was a 'possum, it was nearly as startled as I was, and if I left the window open and the door to the rest of the apartment closed, it would probably leave. Luckily, it did. Otherwise that box of yarn would still be in that basement...)