It all started with an innocuous video shared by Seattle resident Kiana Hall on Instagram.
“What am I looking at?” Hall may very well be heard exclaiming, as the unusual-looking raccoon hurtles throughout a pavement and up some close by steps.
A caption alongside it referred to the creature as “Jimothy the raccoon with short spine syndrome”.
While it isn’t recognized for certain if the situation has brought about his look, many have assumed as such, and the description has caught.
As Hall’s Instagram reel unfold, it attracted increasingly likes, feedback and reposts, with greater than eight million views as of Friday morning.
“My brother was talking about Jimothy the other day, and I asked him who he is,” reads one touch upon Hall’s video. “He told me Jimothy would find me, and now he has.”
Some customers have additionally praised the raccoon’s online fame for drawing consideration to backbone circumstances.
“I hope that someone can care for Jimothy as a wild animal… he will get older and need more care,” wrote one person, who stated she had been born with a congenital backbone syndrome.
Jimothy wouldn’t be the first to draw online fame for such a situation, Australian YouTuber Lessons in Meme Culture points out, external.
A canine known as Pig turned a temporary web sensation in 2014 owing partly to having brief backbone syndrome.
