A casual afternoon run turned into a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife moment for one Austin resident.
Tristan Oker was jogging along a bike trail in East Austin when he noticed movement in a creek that’s usually bone-dry. After a recent ice storm, melting ice had filled the channel just enough to attract an unexpected visitor: a beaver.
“At first, I thought it would be a nutria,” Oker told Chron. But when the animal surfaced, made eye contact, and revealed its signature paddle-shaped tail, he realized what he was seeing…