THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - PERCY, THE PINK EYED POSSUM

         Percy - that's not his real name because real possums don't have names - was skulking around Cadwell grabbing for some good grub.  Clarence Burch, a local filling station operator, spotted Percy and put him in a pen for his curious customers to gaze upon while their automobiles were being filled with gas and oil.

Percy wasn't your average gray, rat-like marsupial.  You see, Percy was white, pure white.  There was no solitary tinge of gray, black or any other color on Percy's fur, which was thicker and longer than your standard possum's.  The pink-eyed albino had such thin ears that they appeared to be pink as well.  And so were his nose and toes.  (Macon Telegraph, 11-09-1921)