Janet Baraclough wrote:

For you to
have actually had some, in the UK, is roughly the equivalent of an
urgler reporting irrefutable evidence of fairies at the bottom of their
garden. Instant fame! :-)

And as you doubtless know, for us lurking Murkens, "Coons" are certainly
NOT a mythical creature, though I wish they were. Also, a major reservoir
of rabies in the wild. It' s rumored that every raccoon carries a
saccharometer in his pocket, the better to know when the sweet corn is at
exactly the right stage!
We don't have hedgehogs though, more's the pity.
I've refrained at guessing what fauna might be living in that hole. Here
it would almost certainly be a woodchuck, known elsewhere as marmot, but I
didn't see a mention, so probably not resident there unless escaped.
Cold wind whistling about, so I'm going into "plan for spring" mode to
preserve what is left of my sanity.

Cheers!


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G