^ I do see Raccoons nearly all the time late at night (or atleast when I looked for them and/or found them digging in the trash), so the Opossum was a rare sighting. Seeing that Opossum in the backyard reminded me of the time a year or so back when I heard hard noise on the glass door finding out that it was a giant Snapping Turtle!
I saw it nearby the next morning as well and was fascinated by the powerful Snapping Turtle. By the way, no, my backyard does not have a Pond in it either. It was just plain old grass, up a small hill in a tight area. Oh well. I wonder what's next.