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Originally Posted by dnwong

I think the drainpipe is to collect water near the foundation and route it to the sump pump in the basement. Its the light corrugated stuff. Probably ok to concret it back in.

I sure hope that is not the case. Gathering water along the outside of a foundation and moving it away from the building not into it is SOP. Could that be a downspout drain from an uphill side of the house?

Peanut butter makes a great bait. Most critters like it regardless of what they normally eat for a living. Have you seen the critter? A black plastic french drain pipe is a bit small for a Groundhog but just right for a rat and rats dig too. Think of a groundhog as a beaver with a different tail and no chainsaw teeth but about the same smarts* and size. Rats are real smart and hard to trap but they do eat rat baits. Might be worth getting some Tomcat rodent bait and a bait box from home depot. I have access to pro only products and still use inexpensive over the counter Tomcat.

*For some reason the ones around race tracks are not so smart and evolution has not had a chance to improve their car smarts just yet. I watched one go well out of his way running at top speed back and forth just so he could almost get hit by at least 3 cars between 9 and 10. There used to be one that hung out on the inside of the Chute for most of one summer. He sat on his haunches scratching his belly and bits calmly watching the cars go down the hill.