Skunks are all over in Shaker Heights. The rumor is that they were imported to keep the rat population down. What rat population? Exactly. I don't know if it's true, or not. Maybe they keep tigers away, too.
Anyway, the jerks are absolutely clueless. They just walk along, and typically don't care if someone is near them. I've walked within 10 feet of skunks before I realized that they were there, and they don't lift an eye to notice me. (Maybe I look and act and smell enough like them that they don't take me as a threat.)
Every once in a while, a friend complains that his or her dog or cat was sprayed by a skunk. These dogs and cats aren't as smart as the average bear, though.