Here in Chicago it’s no big deal to see a raccoon possum or skunk. I had a open field across from my house (B”H it’s gone) and there were skunks living there that would walk across my lawn and into my backyard so I would always clap or stomp my my feet before going into the backyard at night to scare them off before I came then an annoyed neighbor set traps and got rid of them but I see possums all the time and raccoons not so often but often enough for it to be normal.
…to get there!