{"id":508408,"date":"2026-03-07T02:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508408\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T02:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:48:10","slug":"man-sees-ball-of-fur-covered-in-snow-in-his-front-yard-then-it-starts-to-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508408\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Sees Ball Of Fur Covered In Snow In His Front Yard \u2014 Then It Starts To Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last month, during a heavy winter storm, an elderly man in Massachusetts noticed something unusual in the snow piling up in his front yard. An animal lay there \u2014 too cold and weak to seek shelter.<\/p>\n

The man knew he couldn\u2019t ignore it.<\/p>\n

Newhouse Wildlife Rescue<\/a><\/p>\n

Moving in closer, the man realized the animal was a seemingly lifeless\u00a0raccoon, becoming more and more snow-covered by the minute.<\/p>\n

Yet as the raccoon shifted helplessly on the ground, the man realized there was still hope of saving him.<\/p>\n

The man dialed for help from local authorities, but due to the snowstorm, assistance was not immediately forthcoming. Eventually, he reached out to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue<\/a>, and a team of volunteers was dispatched to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe drove out to rescue him, and our hearts broke just to see him out there, covered in snow and shivering,\u201d Newhouse Wildlife Rescue wrote in a post. \u201cHis finder trudged through the snow to greet us and thanked us profusely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newhouse Wildlife Rescue<\/a><\/p>\n

Back at the rescue center, the freezing raccoon got his first taste of relief. He was placed in the warmth of an incubator to raise his body temperature. But, at first, it was unclear if he\u2019d ultimately pull through.<\/p>\n

Newhouse Wildlife Rescue<\/a><\/p>\n

Fortunately, the raccoon proved to be a fighter. Nearly two weeks after the older gentleman insisted on getting him help, things are looking optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe raccoon is stable, making slow recovery,\u201d rescuers told The Dodo. \u201cWe are happy that we can provide him with the warmth and care that he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

With any luck, the raccoon will continue to improve with hopes of an eventual release back into the wild.<\/p>\n

Rescuers believe the raccoon was just a victim of the brutal cold, more so than of any illness or disease. But though the effects of nature can at times be harsh and even deadly, in this case, they were countered by an even more potent force \u2014 the compassion of an old man and the kindness of the rescuers who answered his call.<\/p>\n

To learn more and to find out how you can help, visit Newhouse Wildlife Rescue’s website here<\/a>.\"Man<\/a>Man Shoveling Driveway Finds Huge Lizard Buried Under 20 Inches Of SnowThe cold-blooded girl desperately needed help.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Late last month, during a heavy winter storm, an elderly man in Massachusetts noticed something unusual in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[616,120568,79,615,4798,613,201,620],"class_list":{"0":"post-508408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-daily-dodo","9":"tag-raccoons","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-standard","12":"tag-stephen-messenger","13":"tag-the-dodo","14":"tag-wildlife","15":"tag-wildlife-rescue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}