--- title: Photo: Skunk Stuck in Beer Can at Miami University Frat in Ohio description: Photo of a skunk with its head stuck in a bear can near a fraternity at Miami University in Oxford Ohio canonical: https://time.com/3393974/skunk-head-stuck-in-geer-can-fraternity-miami-university-ohio/ author: Giri Nathan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-17T19:29:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:17.054Z og:title: Skunk Found Near a Frat House With Its Head Stuck in a Beer Can og:description: So college og:url: https://time.com/3393974/skunk-head-stuck-in-geer-can-fraternity-miami-university-ohio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0921ed6ab6441963/6986a3e7e8524b4de5604bba/skunk-beer-can-miami-university-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: skunk-beer-can-miami-university-ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Skunk Found Near a Frat House With Its Head Stuck in a Beer Can twitter:description: So college twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0921ed6ab6441963/6986a3e7e8524b4de5604bba/skunk-beer-can-miami-university-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Skunk Found Near a Frat House With Its Head Stuck in a Beer Can > Sponsored content. 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Matt Hatfield / Oxford Police Department—AP by [Giri Nathan](https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/) ## Giri Nathan Sep 17, 2014 7:29 PM UTC This skunk was spotted neck-deep in a beer can near a fraternity house at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, offering us a very literal example of a “[skunked beer](http://www.beeradvocate.com/articles/527/).” A resident flagged the local police, who arrived at the scene to find “the animal banging around trying to get the can off and running into shrubs,” according to the Associated Press. Officer Matt Hatfield of the Oxford Police Department snapped this photo and fortunately an animal control officer managed to release the skunk from its dank, dark beer prison, freeing it to pursue a better-tasting brew. It’s also worth noting that the officer did so without getting sprayed, which skunks tend to do when agitated. 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