(Later, asked in the comments where this name had come from, Hall replied that the animal “looked like a Jimothy to me.”) City leaders proclaimed a “Jimothy Summer” in honor of the local mascot, and next week, the Seattle Mariners will host a “Jimothy Night” at T-Mobile Park, with ticketholders receiving Jimothy T-shirts. Another Seattelite, Ben Trammell, produced a year-old backyard video of Jimothy as a tiny baby raccoon with his mother and siblings, adding to his lore and celebrity status. It’s likely that Jimothy made it this far in part due to the sophisticated intellect of raccoons. According to Jessica Castillo-Vardaro, whose lab at San José State University is devoted to molecular ecology and urban wildlife, Jimothy is likely already past the “most vulnerable” period of his life.