NACODOCHES, Texas — There’s a video that has gone viral of a Texas woman carrying an opossum out of a bar by the tail.
“What happened in that video closing time at local bar a opossum wandered in closing time," said Jessica White about finding the marsupial at Banita Creek Hall in Nacodoches. "Someone said 'is that a opossum?' Yeah it is let me take that out.”
Not all heroes wear capes 🦸♀️ sometimes they’re a southern bell who obviously aren’t afraid of anything 😝 needless to say your next rounds are on us 😉 We can’t blame our LITTLE critter friends for wanting to have a little fun at closing time too 🐾 🍻 #BanitaCreekHall… pic.twitter.com/MQlUyahNrk
— Banita Creek Hall (@BanitaCrkHall) April 1, 2023
On the way out, she’s getting a lot of attention – but she says she just did the first thing that came to mind.
"It was one of those things not much thinking," White said. "There’s a possum he has to get out of the bar.”
White said she took the animal outside the bar and set him down by a creek.
"He just walked away like what just happened,” White said.
The opossum wasn’t amused, but thousands on social media are – even network news stations reached out to her.
"I'm blown away," White said. "But the amount of traction is overwhelming.”
Many on social have dubbed White, the "Opossum Queen" for her bravery handling the animal inside the packed bar.
