[Governor Dinwiddie]

That reminds me. In Virginia some hunters wanted more coons to hunt, so they imported a whole bunch from Florida and released them. Unfortunately the coons they imported from Florida had rabies. Now you have to assume that any racoon is possibly rabid. For some reason that I can't figure, skunks also are often rabid.
 

[dfwgator]

In Virginia some hunters wanted more coons to hunt

Well they got Coonman for a governor, is that close enough?

[Salamander]

Do you recall what year that was?

We literally went from “No one has seen a rabid coon in their lifetime” to my dad shooting half a dozen in *my front yard* every year.

I’m just across the river from the part of WV that abuts VA.

Makes me wonder.