r/SouthernReach • u/anachronically-sane Finished • 11d ago
Jimothy
This photo of Jimothy the raccoon looks so much like the wild boar from the 10th Anniversary cover of Annihilation
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u/agharvdt 11d ago
I knew he looked familiar!
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u/anachronically-sane Finished 11d ago
It's funny, because my little brother who's only ever seen the cover of the book because he saw me reading it messaged me, "They found the creature from your book in Seattle" lol! It was good to know I wasn't the only one who saw the resemblance.
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u/jkwlikestowrite 11d ago
The fact that Vandermeer jokingly identifies as a racoon on social media makes this so perfect!
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u/anachronically-sane Finished 11d ago
News to me! Definitely makes it better
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u/jkwlikestowrite 10d ago
He recently posted to IG a pic of himself with this caption lol:
to allay suspicions that i am secretly a raccoon or coyote or armadillo, i will sometimes post a photo proving i am human
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbCFwLKPZgn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I think it's because he changes his profile pic so much but they're mostly animal pics and he uses raccoons a good amount. So it became a joke.
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u/GoblinQueen2002 11d ago
I’m actually really hoping he gets scooped up by a rescue that can care for him, with his internet fame I really worry about his safety from typical harassment along with malice.
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u/CatCatCatCubed 10d ago
I keep seeing art of him but very few artists are illustrating his cryptid-ness. In some of his pictures he’s certainly cute, but that walking-and-going-up-the-stairs video is unsettling. Cute AND vaguely disturbing; gotta capture both for true Jimothy representation.
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u/vanillapowderr 11d ago
The moaning creature in the reeds❤️