Ok so....I'm not talking about people. At least not directly.
In the last three years I've lived on the WestSide, I have been forcibly acquainted with one whom I never wished to be.
Skunks. Legit skunks. Of various sizes and speeds apparently.
Didn't encounter them the previous 5 years I lived here in Buffalo, or any other major city I lived.
If it was just from afar, maybe I would just run the other way.....but after having had to clean my dog for the third time this evening, I'm over it. Even worse, it happened because one decided to stroll through the backyard and just chill. Didn't see it until it was too late.
Additionally, I come home from work some evenings and just....smell them. Coming from somewhere, as the wind is always blowing just hard enough for me to not be confident of the distance.
My spouse and I always say "The devil is afoot" whenever we discover ourselves to be downwind of it, but who knows how far it's traveling.
I say all this to say, who else is having this issue/wtf is going on?