Honest, my favorite local park for many years has been Possum Creek.

I was going through South Dakota on a two lane, driving 18 wheels, and hit a raccoon. I looked in my mirror and saw another raccoon looking at his or her dead partner, it was something I've always carried as a dark memory.

Years ago at a different Metropark, my little terrier Pepper Dog chased a baby possum about 20 feet before it turned around and got mean. Pepper Dog retreated.

After several 4th and 5th steps, I've concluded I got my values system from Jed Clampett. Really. Most brilliant thing ever on TV.

That's about all I got concerning possums, other than to mention there are a lot of them in the Dayton sewers.

-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy

I almost forgot this one time I got a (bad) haircut at this place that was...open.. and the whole time these three rednecks had a serious, in depth, technical discussion about possum hunting. I gather the city possums are a lot bigger than the ones they hunt, and a possum dog is a very valuable thing.