Dennis Ebert, 1960
This will be a fairly short story but it was an exciting one at the time that it 
happened. It was our senior year (‘60} and my best friend, Jim Cunningham (at left, deceased) and I had learned several ways that we could legally skip classes. We had a class in the business department (I forget the exact name of the class) and it allowed us to go out to businesses during class time.
In that year, I had been able to buy a 1951 Kaiser-Frazer car. It was a big car with a very big trunk. That trunk became the focus of that particular day.
As was our habit, Jim and I left the class to do our running around. The first stop was the drive-in at the west end of Douglas. However, there was something waiting for us in that massive trunk.
We entered the car, started the engine and immediately, there came a loud screaming and scratching noise that prompted Jim and me to immediately jump out of the car. The obvious conclusion was that something was in the trunk.
Slowly and very carefully, I unlocked the trunk lid. As I tentatively opened the lid, we were confronted with a possum in the corner, staring and hissing at us. I left the lid open, but he made no attempt to escape from that safe haven he seemed to have found.
Then there needed to be a decision as to how to get that varmint out of my trunk without placing ourselves in danger of attack. More than that was which one of us would attempt to accomplish the method that we decided on.
Ultimately, it was decided to remove the back seat cushion and force him out of the trunk lid. That actually worked and the little varmint escaped, unharmed, as were we.
No, we never learned how that possum was able to enter my trunk. I still think that there were some guilty friends who never admitted to their crime.
I like the fact that you also had a Kaiser in high school. I inherited mine when my parents bought a new car. It was a good high school car that could hold a lot of friends! Mine caught on fire one Friday night in Jane Darrah’s driveway. Glad you saved the possum! They eat ticks!