Bing, I dont want to tell you, that you were wrong, when I was a teen I ran a trapline, and would occasionally catch a possum.one time,I thought one was dead, and it got up and started walking, then I made sure it was dead, and an hour later it got up and started walking, then I made sure it was dead.....I've heard of them walking away without their hide.......so it could just be.......

Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer.