If you've been anywhere near social media recently, you've likely seen Jimothy. The unusually round, compact raccoon took the internet by storm after Kiana Hall, a 33-year-old marketing specialist in Seattle, filmed him near the Ballard Goodwill on July 13. Hall initially thought she was looking at a cat under a parked car — until the animal turned around and revealed a racoon with short spine syndrome, a disorder that affects some animals. She posted the clip to Instagram the next day, naming him Jimothy because, as she put it, "he looked like a Jimothy."
With his seemingly missing neck and spherical shape, he looks like a creature straight out of a video game or a cryptid sighting — and as of July 18, the video had racked up over 7 million views.
