I was biking home last night at like 2 or 3am and a cute cat stopped me and meowed at me for pets. I pet him for quite a while. His name is Jack. He is a nice kitty.
I also saw a skunk and stopped to check it out. Also very cute, but I did not pet it...
A long time ago there was a skunk living in our garage and I'd go visit it often, it was a really sweet little skunk, and would just curl up and sleep right in front of me. They are really nice, and actually quite smart. Unless they spray, they actually smell surprisingly good, a bit like a nice perfume (and apparently skunk oil has been used in perfume for hundreds of years). I don't find your scary story very scary haha, it wouldn't have sprayed you unless you threatened it, like tried to lean over and catch it or touch it.