We`ve had a lot of those around here too lately. They usually keep to themselves, but I`ve had to hastily stop my car on numerous occasions because they walk right out into the street. Once one of them stopped and stared at me, and I got out thinking it was someone`s cat or small dog that they were missing (no ferals around here - usually a wandering cat is a runaway). Once it moved into the light, though, I saw it was an opossum. I always thought they were sort of creepy looking.. not sure why though. I think it`s because when I was a kid and I watched A Goofy Movie I always got scared of the machine possums that broke down. But ours keep to themselves. They mostly hang out in the woods behind my backyard and rarely do I see them in the yard itself.