bobert has has foxes at his place, and i have one that i have seen up close a few time, and it has a regular well-beaten path thru my yard.

there are several videos on you tube of them in yards, near cats, etc.

my cat seems not to be afraid of the one here, it seems they have an understanding.

rumor has it that not far from here there was a farm that tried to have a fox breeding operation .. for fox fur apparel .. in the 30's or 40's and that one night the caretaker went on a drunken rampage and chopped up the cages and let them free...unknown if that is true, but
could account for large population of foxes.