As if trying to meet newspaper deadlines isn’t excitement enough, employees at the Roseville Press-Tribune newspaper office were a bit rattled Tuesday morning due to a very small animal that was caught in the the storm drain. This this wasn’t any animal. It was a skunk.

Who knows how long it had been lodged in the pipe, with its tail, the only visible sign of what was inside.

After calls to Wildlife Rescue in Grass Valley and Placer County Animal Control, Press-Tribune employees decided to take matters into their own hands and forced the furry critter from its hideout.

As the skunk fled,it decided to let everyone know who was boss by spraying the entire perimeter of the newspaper building with its delightful scent that

has now permeated all areas of our office.

After the skunk had escaped, representatives from animal control made a visit and provided a few of our employees, who had a real close encounter with our wildlife friend, with their favorite recipe of skunk-be-gone.