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It's all det's fault, he made me do it...
We'd just moved back to Sydney about 5 years go. Stuff was in transit so we had overnight gear and sleeping bags in an empty house. First night was stinking hot so we slept on the floor in the lounge with the garden doors open, figuring it would be the coolest place. The backyard is a bit of a jungle in city terms. A few palms and a massive gum tree over the house.
I was woken up around 3am by the dog going mental, which she never does inside. The dog, and a possum that'd crept in to the lounge, had just clocked each other.
I sat up in a state of WTF just as the fucking possum ran, jumped on to me and dug its claws into my chest. The possum was screaming, I was screaming (it was dark and I wear contacts so couldn't see shit, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.) I tried to shove the possum off me which freaked it out (further), it dug in and pissed like an unmanned fire hose all over me.
The dog goes for the possum which runs up over my head, still pissing, and then does an impressive Spiderman climb up a bare brick wall in the kitchen.
The possum can't hold on much longer but the dog waits growling underneath. Coco is a kelpie so was more interested in the chase than getting it by the neck. It falls 2m off the wall and bolts out of the door followed by the dog. I'm covered in piss and scratches. MrsT is pissing herself laughing.
It was pretty embarrassing the next day explaining the commotion they heard to the new neighbours. Particularly so as my face looked like Pinhead's without the pins.
Welcome back to Sydney.
- As a Sydneysider i can totally relate. My missus would have pissed hereself too._me_
- ahaha great - this is exactly the sort of thing i need to read when I'm having my first tea in the morning!detritus
- I've never been to Australia, but I now learned that what doesn't kill you, just pisses on you?Longcopylover
- LOLMaaku
- Glorious ♥︎e-wo
- Just looked up on possum. Man they look vicious. Can you get rabies or some disease from their claws?Beeswax
- haha yeah they're full of filth. 5 years on MrsT kinda wishes Coco had got hold of it. They scream at night and crap EVERYWHERE. And then there's the piss...MrT
- This story almost justifies the drowning of another possum...imbecile