One night at 12 there was a possum hanging from a telephone pole in my neighborhood, is this common?

Question

It then hung down holding itself by only two legs and then dropped down. When we looked for it again, it was gone.

Answer 1

Get a air soft gun so if it comes back u can get some target practice in.

Answer 2

No possoms, but once in my area there was a moose hanging from the telephone pole wires along the highway.

Answer 3

I see possums where I live all the time. There common cities because they get easy access to food (garbage). They do climb trees, so what might have happened was that it mistook the telephone poll for a tree, and was probably looking for food. When possums get scared they go into a catatonic state, mimicking the look and even smell of a dead animal to trick predators into thinking they are really dead. The possum may have seen you, took you as a threat, and went into that state, causing it to fall off the pole. If it survives the fall, it probably quickly scurried away before you could see it.