Tag: short spine syndrome

  • Jimothy The Viral Raccoon Has A Much Stranger Origin Story

    Jimothy The Viral Raccoon Has A Much Stranger Origin Story

    For weeks, Jimothy the raccoon was an internet mystery. His tiny neck, round body and unusual walk left people wondering whether an injury had changed him. Now, footage recorded a year before he went viral offers a much clearer answer. Jimothy already looked this way as a baby, when his mother and siblings helped him…

  • Seattle’s Strangest Raccoon Has Become an Internet Sensation

    Seattle’s Strangest Raccoon Has Become an Internet Sensation

    A raccoon with an almost nonexistent neck has somehow become one of the biggest animal celebrities of the summer, and it all started with a few seconds of shaky phone footage in a Seattle neighborhood. Jimothy, a wild raccoon living in Ballard, has a rare physical condition that gives him an unusually compact appearance, but…