Too funny.
I've been sprayed a couple times.
We had a pet skunk that I caught when I was growing up. I actually caught two babies at the time. I think their mother had been hit by a car so they were just wandering around our neighborhood. One was pretty friendly and let me pet it without any fuss, the other took several days to calm down and I got sprayed by her. The friendly one got loose and I couldn't find it again. We ended up making a pet out of the mean one. We had her descented but it didn't help much. She still had a real strong musky scent and pretty much did as she pleased. As near as I can tell skunks are used to being the boss. They really don't know fear.
One night about 6 years ago when I let the dogs out to go one of them caught a skunk. I thought he had a cat so I ran up and got it out of his mouth before he could kill it. I ended up getting sprayed a little for my effort. Fortunately the smell didn't linger long. It's been my experience the smell will wash off with a couple showers.
Rodney