Holy 너구리, Batman!
I was walking home from work, using the same pedestrian path that I’ve used for years, when I saw what looked like it might be a dog off its leash. Something felt a little ‘off’ about it though, so I snapped a quick photo on my phone:
Approaching a bit closer, two more forms emerged from the side of the path and I was eventually able to identify them as Nyctereutes procyonoides (Mainland Raccoon Dog · 너구리), which I’ve been hoping to see for the past 17 years:
Interestingly, people out for their evening walk strolled right past the raccoon dogs without paying them any attention, though one man in his 20s stopped to photograph a frog that was on the path a few meters away – Rana uenoi (Korean Large Brown Frog · 큰산개구리):
I’m still really excited about the encounter … :)