first time i smelled skunk was at a phish show (my first one in fact) parking lot and i literally smelled someone open a backpack from over 100 feet away in a crowd of thousands of people. Ive probably never had quite such an extreme olfactory experience in my life. I caught a whiff and knew instantly what it was, turned around, saw a guy in the process of taking what appeared to be a sandwich baggie out of a fairly full backpack, abandoned my spot in the ice line, and beelined it over to get in on the action.
it smelled exactly like a skunk, the only reason i knew it wasnt initially was because it was a mid summer scorcher at noon in the middle of an airport parking lot with thousands of hippies around, very unlikely setting for a skunk to wander through, though im sure plenty were very confused the smells emanating from the crowds of humans that had suddenly appeared.