I just laughed. I told her a lot of somethings are living under the shop, that's no surprise. "Something, big." 
She had found a hole dug under the drain spout, where the ground was soft due to the last little rain we had gotten. The ground in other areas is as hard as concrete. I walked out and took a look. 
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Whatever dug the hole, was enthusiastic, and went right to work. it went down at about a 30 degree angle along the footing, and went back a good ways. It's about six to eight inches in diameter, and just appeared after the last rain.
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First attempt to identify the occupant was to flood the hole and see what emerged. It took about three minutes to fill so it was off good size but NOT a major network under the building yet, so some good news. Nothing came busting out, so it was unoccupied at the time. Tina looked online and due to the size, and our location in the state, two lead candidates are Weasel and Armadillo. I pulled a game cam from the orchard and aimed it at the hole. Any other suggestions? I'm hoping against weasel, since we have a weasel snack living in the house.... We will eliminate the varmint and plug the hole so water erosion doesn't damage the corner of the shop.
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