Instead of biting, they simply stop, drop and “play possum,” losing consciousness for up to four hours. “To complete the illusion,” MacDonald says, “they exude a smell like rotting meat.
The Vermilion County native, now 74, was born and raised 3 miles from the Possum Trot. He started playing piano at age 11, taking lessons from the same Fischer Theatre organist who taught Dick and ...