>I was just driving home, passing a woodsy area near here, when a fox ran across the road not 25 yards in front of me. Despite the occasional woods, this is suburbia. In 20 years of living in Chicago and suburbs this is the first fox I have seen. It darted off into the woods.
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>So was this some kind of an omen? ;-) And if so, what kind?

Always seeing urban foxes here. They go thru the bin bags on rubbish collection night. Often pass within yards of one, often seen in the park. Even photoed one in my street. hey have easier food in towns and people happy to see them, and no farmers with guns.