Jimothy Tracker — live sighting tracker for Jimothy, the short-spine raccoon of Ballard, Seattle

JIMOTHYTRACKER
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IDLE waiting for the pipeline… CONSOLE ↓

LAST VERIFIED SIGHTING

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waiting for data…

ATTENTION MODEL

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FORAGING MODEL

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SOURCES LIVE

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INTEL MAP

SEATTLE CAMERAS

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LOCATED LEADS

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Only items that resolved to a zone. Everything else is chatter, and lives in the feed.

CORROBORATION

LADDER

Promotion needs independent origin types, not volume. One loud source is not evidence.

RECOGNITION QUEUE

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Is it a raccoon? Is the torso short-spined? Model reasoning shown verbatim.

TIKTOK WATCH

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Found via cross-posted links — TikTok offers no public search, so most of these are mentions, not sightings. Poster frames queue through the same two-stage vision check as every other image here; consistent with Jimothy is the strongest claim this page makes, never "is".

TERRITORY RANKING

MODEL

observations 55% · food 30% · chatter 15%

ENVIRONMENT

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Raccoons are crepuscular. Civil twilight is the foraging window; rain suppresses it; low water opens the shoreline.

WORLD ATTENTION

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Wikipedia pageviews per language edition. Batch-computed, so it lags 24–48h.

LIVE FEED

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PROXIMITY TO FINDING HIM

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SOURCE HEALTH

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LIVE OPERATIONS

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Real pipeline telemetry — fetches, frame diffs, model calls, corroboration. Nothing here is simulated.

WHO IS JIMOTHY?

Jimothy is a wild raccoon living in the Ballard neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington, internet-famous for an unusually short, rounded body and the appearance of having no neck — consistent, veterinarians say, with short spine syndrome, a rare congenital condition in which vertebrae compress and can fuse. Seattle resident Kiana Hall filmed him on an evening walk near the Ballard Goodwill and posted the video on July 14, 2026; it went viral and has passed eight million views. She also named him: “He just looked like a Jimothy to me.” Experts believe he is doing fine — “the fact that he’s made it to this age tells me that he’s managing”, said Washington State University veterinarian Marcie Logsdon.

The honours accumulated fast. On July 23, 2026, Governor Bob Ferguson named Jimothy Washingtonian of the Day. On July 26, Seattle City Councilmembers proclaimed the summer of 2026 “Jimothy Summer” at a celebration in Ballard that hundreds of residents attended — and Jimothy, characteristically, did not. On July 27, two members of Congress asked Seattle’s mayor to protect him — at all costs, as TMZ put it — and to stand up sighting-report platforms and databases to track his movements and well-being. That is roughly what this page is: thirteen live public sources — news, Reddit, Mastodon, iNaturalist, Seattle 311, Wikipedia attention, weather, tides — plus Seattle’s street cameras, normalised, corroborated and fused into one honest dashboard.

He remains a free-roaming wild animal. Nobody — including this site — knows where he is right now, and that is by design: the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife asks the public to leave him alone, so the tracker reports zones, never addresses, and will never show a live position.

Read more: Wikipedia · Seattle Times · KING 5 · Smithsonian · MyBallard · TMZ

Who is Jimothy the raccoon?

Jimothy is a wild raccoon from Seattle’s Ballard neighbourhood who went viral in July 2026 because of his unusually short, rounded body. He was filmed and named by Seattle resident Kiana Hall, and has since been honoured by Washington’s governor and the Seattle City Council. His sex is actually unknown — “he” is used by convention.

What is short spine syndrome?

A rare congenital condition in which vertebrae stay soft during the fetal stage, then compress and can fuse — producing a shortened back and the appearance of having no neck. It is best documented in dogs and much rarer in raccoons. Veterinarian Carrie Schneider assessed that Jimothy “has a congenital spine shortening disease”.

Where was Jimothy last seen?

Sightings cluster in central Ballard — reports around Northwest 50th Street, the Ballard Goodwill and neighbouring backyards. The LAST VERIFIED SIGHTING figure at the top of this page is this engine’s live answer: the most recent report that survived corroboration, resolved to a zone. He is a wild animal; sightings are unpredictable.

Has Jimothy been found?

No. He has never been captured and roams free — he did not even appear at the July 26, 2026 “Jimothy Summer” celebration held in his honour. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife notes he appears fully capable of moving and feeding himself.

Is Jimothy healthy?

Experts believe so. Washington State University veterinarian Marcie Logsdon called him “very spry” and noted that having reached this age at all means he is managing his condition well.

What honours has Jimothy received?

Washingtonian of the Day from Governor Bob Ferguson (July 23, 2026), an official “Jimothy Summer” proclamation from Seattle City Council (July 26, 2026), an official bobblehead benefiting PAWS wildlife rescue, a Google Search easter egg, a Dungeons & Dragons stat block, and a letter from members of Congress demanding his protection.

Can I go to Ballard to see Jimothy?

Please don’t. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife asks the public to leave him alone, and Seattle–King County health officials warn that wild raccoons can carry bacteria and parasites. Crowds are the single biggest threat to him — which is why this tracker resolves sightings to zones, never addresses, and never shows a live position.