Parker police free skunk with Culver's cup stuck on its head
Parker Police Department officers in Colorado freed a skunk that had a Culver's fast-food cup stuck on its head. Bodycam shows the blinded skunk charging toward them before an officer yanked the cup off – and somehow avoided a spray.
In Parker, Colorado, a Culver’s cup turned a skunk into what KDVR called “walking pepper spray” – until the police stepped in.
Parker Police Department officers found the animal at night with the fast-food cup jammed over its head, leaving it effectively blind. Bodycam shows them trailing the skunk as it charged toward them. One officer muttered “I’m at the wrong end of this” – then pulled the cup free. The skunk bolted. Nobody got sprayed.
“Bye, buddy!” an officer called after it. Another quip followed: “Tell your friends trash is not good.” One noted it was “a Culver’s cup this time.” Police used the clip to remind the public that litter – cups and containers included – harms wildlife.
Stock photo: a striped skunk (18 Aug 2019) – not the Parker skunk. Photo: NPS / public domain (via Wikimedia Commons).
Real photo: Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado (12 Sep 2015) – not from the rescue. Photo: Jeffrey Beall / CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).
AI illustration – imagined standoff. (Spot Gaz, our gorilla, hiding somewhere in this picture.)
AI illustration – imagined freedom dash; not the actual bodycam moment.
Wrong end of town. Right end of the story. Cup off, skunk free, officers unsprayed.
Reported by KRDO (30 Oct 2026), citing Parker Police bodycam; also covered by KDVR FOX31 Denver and recirculated 4 Nov 2026.
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