Skunks are seen at the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde Zoo – Berlin, Germany – Jun 15, 2010 – Photo: BARBARA SAX/AFP/Getty Images
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - It’s a sight many New Yorkers don’t expect to see, especially Amy, who was walking on Amsterdam Avenue near 181st Street in Washington Heights.
LISTEN: WCBS 880′s Monica Miller reports
“I just looked towards that way and saw a skunk,” Amy told WCBS 880 reporter Monica Miller.
The New York Times is reporting that the smelly creatures are moving into northern Manhattan and the Bronx.
Amy said, “I’ve never seen nothing like that before.”
They’ve been reported marking their territory in places like Co-op City, Inwood, and as far south as Riverside Park.
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September 7, 2010 at 11:33 pm
It is a possiblity that it is fox. Fox smell just like skunks – I learned that when I went to the Wolf Reserve in New Jersey. The smell likeness is uncanny.
March 18, 2011 at 9:00 am
My dog and I ran into a skunk in Riverside Park near the 103rd St. entrance in the early AM Friday (1:45 AM). I had smelled them but thought it was “herb.” Fortunately, though my dog got within a couple of feet (she was off leash) she didn’t get sprayed. A caution to other dog owners!
September 4, 2010 at 3:04 am
I like to smoke di skunky greenz
September 3, 2010 at 1:56 pm
me too lol
September 3, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Wrote about the growing skunk problem in Inwood and Washington Heights last month. Dog owners are interacting with the skunks more and more.
http://dnainfo.com/20100818/washington-heights-inwood/skunks-stinking-up-northern-manhattan-dog-owners-say
September 3, 2010 at 1:30 pm
I live in a city in New York, having recently moved form Long Island. Each night I have skunks, foxes, and feral cats come up on my deck in front of my house in the city.
September 3, 2010 at 11:33 am
Hello yuppies. In Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx we not only have skunks but rabbits, snapping turtles, racoons, deer, various snakes and coyotes. Recent. Not really. They are and have neen there since I was a kid in the 1950′s.
September 3, 2010 at 11:03 am
We have possums, skunks and racoons here in Los Angeles, CA also but the only time I see them is as road kill. Too much traffic for them.
September 3, 2010 at 10:59 am
My skunk’s breath smells like skunk food.
September 3, 2010 at 10:54 am
Maybe they’ll eat the bedbugs!
September 3, 2010 at 10:38 am
We’ve had skunks and opposums and raccoons in America for many many years now.
September 3, 2010 at 10:34 am
We Had RACOONS ALL OVER RED HOOK BROOKLYN FOR MANY MANY YEARS MOW
September 3, 2010 at 10:17 am
We have had possum in the Bay Ridge section for a while now!
September 3, 2010 at 9:57 am
We’ve had skunks and opposums and raccoons and even a hedgehog in the Fort Tryon Park area for ages.
September 3, 2010 at 9:10 am