Believe it or not, the rumors are true:

 

 

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

 

ARMADILLOS HAVE indeed BEEN DOCUMENTED IN KENTUCKY -- in several places around the state...

 

They are not known to be established and reproducing. They are probably "hitching rides" from southern locations on trains, in pallets, and other modes of transportation.

I saw one in WKY last month. It was dead on the road.

If I see one I will call Uber and send him to Danville. I hear like it there.

I posted a pic of dead one on the side of the road in Henderson last year.

 

http://bluegrasspreps.com/great-outdoors/armadillos-kentucky-279719.html

Armadillos cause spike in leprosy cases in Florida - CNN.com

Armadillos are basically giant beetle rats.

They're ALL OVER dwn around Memphis, TN. How far is Memphis from the nearest Kentucky state line?

They're ALL OVER dwn around Memphis, TN. How far is Memphis from the nearest Kentucky state line?

 

Memphis is about 2.5 hours from WKY

Memphis is about 2.5 hours from WKY

 

That doesn't sound like too crazy a distance for them to expand their territory into, given enough time.

Major pains are what they are. They dig holes under everything. Almost lost my water treatment system to one tunneling under the slab a month ago. Thank goodness for moth balls. The little suckers hate those things.

Major pains are what they are. They dig holes under everything. Almost lost my water treatment system to one tunneling under the slab a month ago. Thank goodness for moth balls. The little suckers hate those things.

I bet they hate 12 gauges more.

There are plenty of them in LBL, too many to be "ride hitchers"