Comments on: Giant Albino Squirrel?!

Question: Giant Albino Squirrel?!

cheerwine — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:49:12 -0800

Mystery animal: fluffy white thing with squirrel-esque mannerisms: Go!

I am in New Paltz, NY. I saw an animal tonight. It was shaped like a giant squirrel (about the size of a small to medium cat), had a giant fluffy tail that was slightly larger than its body, its fur was either entirely white or almost entirely white, and it scampered sort of like a rabbit or a squirrel would. Hivemind, what the hell was this thing?

By: changeling

changeling — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:53:20 -0800

an albino squirrel?

By: scruss

scruss — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:57:22 -0800

albino skunk? Skunks don't really scamper, though.

By: cheerwine

cheerwine — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:57:33 -0800

Is it possible for albino squirrels to be cat-sized? These albino squirrels look like it, but much smaller.

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:59:02 -0800

Albino American mink?

By: Mizu

Mizu — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:02:23 -0800

My small cat was about the same size as the big honking grey squirrels she would regularly eat in our backyard in Virginia. Not sure which sort of squirrel is most common in NY, but squirrels vary widely in size. Maybe it could have been a marten, though?

By: cheerwine

cheerwine — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:02:41 -0800

more fur than a mink, more scamper than a skunk.

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:04:16 -0800

Anything here look plausible?

By: cheerwine

cheerwine — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:36:55 -0800

Albino Fisher. Thanks everyone!