yes it would have bitten you. You can rest easy knowing though that possums very very seldom carry rabies. Their body temp is too low. One morning the kids came running inside to tell me something was dead on the deck. I went out and it was a little possum. Ds was heading grab it when i stopped him. I'm pretty sure it was dead as the dogs had been playing with it and our pyr doesn't like ANY critter in the yard but ds still was NOT going to touch it! I took the shovel and whacked it to be sure before disposing of it. We have chickens and boy can those suckers wreak havoc in a chicken coop!