I don't know why, but skunks have been a huge problem in our area for the last two years. A few months back, hubby was taking Marley for a walk. He didn't have his glasses on and thought a cat was coming up to say hi. Then he saw the stripe and backed up very carefully. Last summer we had two baby skunks hide under our deck. These might be the same two, just a lot bigger. I definitely do not want to get any closer to those stinkers.
Animal Control finally set up skunk traps last summer but it does not look like they are working very well.