The Creatures of MPT

This week we have found this possum in one of the trash cans, and the racoon in the dumpster. Why do these creatures hang out in the trash can? (Just for the record I was not the one that discovered either of these animals, I do not make a habit of looking inside trash cans!) One of the guys at work opened the dumpster door to free the racoon, and he just went running. They didn't free the possum at least not while I was around. He was cute, but that thing has some serious teeth and I wasn't about to take any chances of him wanting to sink those teeth into me. Just in case you were wondering, my work is in the middle of nowhere and there are lots of woods around which is where all of these creatures come from. We even had a deer come by for a while, and he was so friendly you could walk right up to him and pet him. We nicknamed him PJ, but we haven't seen him post Katrina, I hope he is OK.