Skunk wearing an ice cream cone turns up in Bridgewater

A Bridgewater resident had reason to make a stink Thursday morning -- a baby skunk had wandered near her home on Meadow Lane.Not just that -- it had an ice cream cone stuck on its head, The Brockton Enterprise reported Friday.So she called police."You can't make this stuff up," Bridgewater police Lt. Thomas Schlatz said, laughing.Police went to Meadow Lane about 7 a.m., but were unable to locate the skunk -- or the ice cream cone."Ordinarily, we wouldn't respond to something like that, but because it was near a bus stop we sent someone out," Schlatz said.Bridgewater Animal Control warns residents to stay clear of wild animals like skunks, which are normally nocturnal, regardless of what they are wearing for a hat. Some wild animals can also carry rabies."Avoid wild animals, especially bats, skunks, foxes and raccoons," according to the Bridgewater Animal Control website. "Do not feed or pet strays."That includes ice cream cones, which they can apparently find on their own.

A Bridgewater resident had reason to make a stink Thursday morning -- a baby skunk had wandered near her home on Meadow Lane.



Not just that -- it had an ice cream cone stuck on its head, The Brockton Enterprise reported Friday.


So she called police.

"You can't make this stuff up," Bridgewater police Lt. Thomas Schlatz said, laughing.

Police went to Meadow Lane about 7 a.m., but were unable to locate the skunk -- or the ice cream cone.

"Ordinarily, we wouldn't respond to something like that, but because it was near a bus stop we sent someone out," Schlatz said.

Bridgewater Animal Control warns residents to stay clear of wild animals like skunks, which are normally nocturnal, regardless of what they are wearing for a hat. Some wild animals can also carry rabies.

"Avoid wild animals, especially bats, skunks, foxes and raccoons," according to the Bridgewater Animal Control website. "Do not feed or pet strays."

That includes ice cream cones, which they can apparently find on their own.