Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee used to keep an opossum, nicknamed Bitey, as a pet in the Arkansas State House. He would bring it out to show visitors as a way to break the ice at meetings. But one night, a cleaning woman accidentally surprised the animal and it played dead. She, thinking it actually dead, threw it in the trash outside in an effort to hide the evidence of her "crime". Governor Huckabee missed the possum the next day, and ordered an immediate search and investigation. He quickly got to the bottom of the story. In his grief, he ordered all the flags flown at half mast at all state government buildings. He is now thinking of purchasing a ferret.