Look what my dad found.

Technically it wasn't him that found it.

After my dad left for work this morning he called home and said, "You'll never guess what's sitting on the fence here." I hesitantly asked 'what?' (sometimes my dad has an odd sense of humor). He said a possum. Being a city kid I said No Way in a tone of total disbelief. He said that according to his boss it had been sitting there since early morning. He said it hadn't moved except to look around and didn't seem bothered by human presence, so they thought it might be sick. My dad also said that they'd had trouble with something getting into the busses (my dad drives for Minneapolis & Suburban) and this was most likely the culprit, probably scavenging for food scraps.

As of this post it's still there, but the boss said that since it hadn't bothered anyone they would leave it alone (not call animal control). I care about animals as much as the next person (perhaps more in some cases) but if this possum is still out there tomorrow then I'll call them myself because it probably is sick.