There must have definitely been alcohol involved. A man was arrested in Punxsatawney for attempting to resuscitate a dead possum via mouth to mouth:
Levier says the animal already had been dead a while.
Break out the tic tacs. Maybe he thought it was Phil the Groundhog.
Though, actually the arrest was for public drunkenness. There’s apparently no statute in Pennsylvania concerning the osculation of deceased marsupials.
Possum typically play dead hoping the big scary animal might go away. Sometimes, the big scary animal is not all that bright.
Dead Possum: “I could’ve done without the tongue action.”
For some reason I have “Dueling Banjos” stuck in my head.