roborob11 t1_j3lreyn wrote
My grandfather, who died in 1980 at 82, used to make quite a living trapping muskrat. We have pictures of him with 30 to 50 pelts strung up on the side of his garage. His story of coming up to one of his traps and finding a skunk 🦨 is moving. He talked to the skunk telling him that he was going to let him go. He released the skunk from the trap and the skunk walked away but then turned around and looked at him as if to say thanks for saving him. He never told the skunk that he was the one to set the trap.
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roborob11 t1_j3nuui0 wrote
No, but skunks rarely spray. If they are threatened then they will. But this one knew that he was being helped.
Vaiiki t1_j3oa3zq wrote
I got sprayed by a skunk at like 4 AM while I was taking out my trash before work. I was a paramedic still at the time, so I called my dispatch to call out. The company I worked for was famously understaffed due to being cheap, so they threw a fit when I told them I couldn't work.
Now I live in the city, but I grew up in a salt marsh and still spend the overwhelming majority of weekends up in the hills in my cabin. I could not explain to this rude piece of shit that "the smell doesn't just go away if I shower and change my uniform. I probably won't even be able to come in the next day or two.
He didn't listen to me. So I said fuck it, conceded, went right to work, hopped on my ambulance, and was sent right the fuck home because I smelled so bad.
You all know I hunt and trap. But what the fuck do I know about being sprayed by a skunk.
-PineMarten OP t1_j3sy3hp wrote
Oh no!! I hope you aren’t working for them anymore. What a trashy way to treat an employee. Additionally I hope you don’t have any more skunk encounters
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