Not every wildlife rescue begins with an emergency call. Sometimes, it starts when someone gets home from a trip and discovers that they accidentally brought home a very unexpected passenger.
That’s exactly what happened to one Lafayette resident this week after making the drive back from Colorado’s mountain communities. Somewhere along the way, a curious marmot apparently decided to hitch a ride and ended up making itself comfortable inside the vehicle’s rear fender.
According to local authorities, the furry stowaway had traveled all the way from the Winter Park area before finally being discovered in Lafayette. That’s quite the road trip for an animal that typically spends its days wandering alpine meadows and rocky mountain terrain…