Post #1481977

2026-04-21 03:49 UTC

It's not exactly a #bigfoot sighting, but maybe the next closest thing.... I saw a mountain beaver! They're not actually beavers, but a kind of "living fossil" rodent that's found only in the #PNW. I've been been hiking #Washington for literally decades, and known about them for almost that long, but this is the first time I've actually laid eyes on one. And yes like all good #cryptid photos these are blurry. #WildLife #wildlifephotography

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@eugeneparnell@mstdn.social 2026-04-21 04:00

The funny thing is that I didn't see this mountain beaver in any of our vast wilderness areas or national parks. It was in Saltwater State Park in suburban Des Moines Washington! Looking it up online it seems my experience is typical. Although they are fairly common, almost no one ever sees mountain beavers in action. Here's a Seattle Times article with more info. https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-pacific-northwests-elusive-mountain-beaver/ #bigfoot #PNW #Washington #cryptid #WildLife #wildlifephotography

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@dumbass@aus.social 2026-04-21 03:52

@eugeneparnell It could be related to big foot, its got that same blur defence Big foot has.

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@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social 2026-04-21 04:26

@eugeneparnell Wow, I learned about a new animal today! The name is pretty funny - it's not a beaver and it doesn't really live in the mountains. But it does have several other names (quote from Wikipedia entry): "Other names include boomer, mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of other Native American terms." Okay, boomer! 😁 #Wildlife #PNW #Washington

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@ELS@sfba.social 2026-04-21 04:33

@eugeneparnell Awesome1 And, not only did you see it, you got a photo of it. I’m so jealous!

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@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2026-04-21 07:14

@eugeneparnell Great work capturing these images Eugene. Propz! Can you assure us, though, that what you saw and photograpged is not a guy in a costume -- like Bigfoot -- or 3 hamsters in a beaver skin coat? #Cryptids #Bigfoot @Rejected_cryptid@mstdn.social @rejected_cryptid

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@tricotfeelya@woof.group 2026-04-21 07:50

@eugeneparnell looks kind of like a marmot

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@isol@mastodon.au 2026-04-21 07:57

@eugeneparnell A large ROUS the size of a small ROUS.

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@TindrasGrove@infosec.exchange 2026-04-21 19:25

@eugeneparnell hey @cR0w this explains all your “Sasquatch hunting” trips, doesn’t it?

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@CiaraNi@mastodon.green 2026-04-23 06:35

@eugeneparnell Cool sighting!

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@PMedved@pixelfed.social 2026-06-06 04:57

Wow! What a fortunate sighting!!

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