A Rare Wolverine Was Just Spotted in Yellowstone National Park

The wolverine is the largest member of the weasel family. Despite its low stature and maximum weight of about 40 pounds, the creature has a well-deserved reputation of strength and ferocity. It also has a reputation for elusiveness. Sitings are exceptionally rare. On March 5, 2022, MacNeil Lyons—owner of Yellowstone Insight, a tour company—was guiding father-daughter duo Carl and Maya Kemp through snowy Yellowstone National Park when the trio encountered and captured on film the elusive beast. The trio initially thought the fluffy creature on the road could be a young bear, however its movement and long fluffy tail soon revealed it to be a wolverine. Lyons—who used to be a park ranger—whipped out his camera while Kemp recorded the encounter on his phone. In a YouTube video from Kemp's account, the wolverine can be seen lolloping back and forth, even sitting down in the snow appearing to watch the humans from afar. After the creature left the road, Lyons was able to relocate to a better vantage point and capture several more stunning images of the strange creature. Maya, who is 9 years old, told a KTVQ, “It was really magical to see. Dad said that it was like the unicorn of Yellowstone. It was insane.”