I don’t mean to raise a stink, but we just discovered a skunk in our garage. I would rather have a cougar or a porcupine in my garage than a skunk. Oddly enough, it wasn’t the smell that gave him (or her) away, rather it was his (or her) presence at the cat food bowl that caused the general alarm. The contractor doing our renovation was on his way to call it a day when he suddenly, slowly retreated back into the house and announced, somewhat nonchalantly I thought, “there’s a skunk in your... Sign in to see full entry.