SEATTLE, Wash. — A raccoon named Jimothy has become a local sensation in Seattle after a Ballard video spread widely online.
Kiana Hall recorded the video after spotting an animal coming out from under a car. She said she did not realize at first that she was looking at a raccoon.
“I thought he was a cat, actually, at first. And that’s why I was recording. Because I just love cats. He had come out from under a car and I wanted to see what the cat looked like. And then I realized that wasn’t the shape of a cat,” Hall said.
Wildlife experts said the animal is likely a male raccoon with a spinal condition that shortened his body.
Hall explained that the name Jimothy fit him. Locals and businesses embraced him with murals and tattoos. The Mariners also gave him an honorary spot in the iconic Salmon Run.