An Alaskan residing in New York Metropolis has grow to be considerably web well-known for wrangling a possum out of a neighborhood bar.

Yeah. That’s proper. An Alaskan versus a possum. And it was caught on video.

Sara Fulton is initially from Anchorage and manages a cafe-bistro known as Stowaway in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood.

Subsequent door to Stowaway is a bar named Temkin’s. And, as she generally does, Fulton stopped in after work final Thursday for a drink with a pal. Fulton lately spoke with Alaska Information Nightly host Casey Grove about what occurred subsequent.

The next transcript has been evenly edited for readability.

Sara Fulton: And I used to be enjoying pinball as a result of they’ve pinball. So I used to be simply there enjoying pinball and having time, simply, you understand, your regular night time at Temkin’s. However earlier than all of it occurred, I used to be exterior speaking with a pal. And that’s once we noticed a critter run into the bar.

Casey Grove: A possum runs right into a bar…

SF: Yeah, so the possum runs in, and we’re like, “What was that?” And I used to be like, “I swear to God, I feel that’s a possum.” And we run in, everyone is on the opposite facet of the bar freaking out. And it was identical to me and my pal. He grabbed a bunch of stools and cornered the possum to the nook of the bar. After which I seemed round, and I used to be like, “Properly, I assume I’m the calmest one right here.” And I simply mentioned, “Maintain my cellphone. I’m from Alaska. I bought this.”

CG: There’s a few issues I must unpack there. So why you? And why did you say, “I’m an Alaskan. I bought this?”

SF: Yeah, as a result of, I don’t know. I feel it’s simply because it’s like, you understand, they’re all a bunch of New Yorkers. It’s like what we take care of are cockroaches and rats. After which I used to be like, “Oh, a possum, that’s nothing in comparison with a moose or bear.” I used to be like, “That is nothing.” It was me making an attempt to justify why I may deal with it, so no one may query me, and I’d simply handle the possum.

CG: And it appears like that labored. No one questioned you over that.

SF: No, they usually’re identical to, “Oh, OK, she’s from Alaska. Let her deal with it.” , New York is nice, however so is Alaska. Alaska breeds badass folks. I don’t know if I can say that. However, I imply, Alaska creates, prefer it has essentially the most superb folks. And everybody must know that.

CG: That’s superior. So what did you truly do to get it out the door?

SF: I scruffed him. I went as much as him. I grabbed him by the again of his neck, after which carried him out and tried to determine the most secure spot for him to be launched. And that was on the sidewalk, and I put him down and he ran away.

CG: So within the video that has been broadly circulated now, you form of like dusted your arms off after.

SF: Oh yeah. I imply, come on. I used to be identical to, “Alright. And we’re carried out.” At that second, I used to be feeling very, “Alright, cool. That was fairly neat. I didn’t get bit.” So I used to be completely satisfied.

CG: What was the response from from everybody else there?

SF: Everybody was flipping out. However then after they did it, you understand, they’re like, “You’re a hero! You saved us!” After which it was only a line of photographs of tequila for me down the bar. And I used to be identical to, “Oh, Lord.” It was nuts.

CG: It looks as if it simply blew up right here lately. Inform me about that. I imply, you’re type of like an web movie star in the mean time.

SF: Yeah, I’m shook. I used to be like, “Oh, perhaps it’s going to get like 100 likes or no matter.” However then our native Instagram of the neighborhood, known as Greenpointers, shared it. After which it simply blew up from there. And, you understand, surprising. Like, I simply did an interview with CNN right now. Like, what? That’s so bizarre.

CG: Yeah. It’s just like the story is a narrative extra since you’re from Alaska. That’s an enormous a part of it, proper?

SF: Yeah. And I’m down with that, as a result of it’s like repping Alaska. As a result of often everybody is aware of Alaska from Sarah Palin. So I’m mad stoked that I’m in a position to like give Alaska a brand new title. ?

CG: Do you see your self wrangling different animals in New York sooner or later?

SF: Yeah, I used to be like, “Possibly I ought to simply grow to be the critter management.” Simply make this complete shtick.

This story initially appeared on Alaska Public Media and is republished right here with permission.