Best Guy to Hire to Get Horrible Wild Animals out of Your House

Trapper Jon bears no resemblance to TV's Pernell Roberts, star of Trapper John M.D. in the 1980s. He just traps animals for a living and always has, even before he finished his fisheries and wildlife-biology degree three decades ago at Iowa State University. He'll help a paying snake owner locate a missing reptile, but most of his business comes from pesky varmints -- raccoons, squirrels, possums, moles -- who ruin suburban gardens and claw into attics and basements. During the summer, he frequently rids homes of irritating yellowjackets and bees: "You've got to get to them fast. After a week, they might have a pound of honey in those walls." He has dozens of horror stories, like the one about the elderly lady who reached down to pet her feline but found a possum in her house instead.