An Arctic fox was discovered roaming the streets of Portland, Oregon, and left the community baffled as to how it could have gotten there. Originally, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman suggested to OPB.

Beth Quillian, the West Region public information officer for the ODFW, spoke to Newsweek about the strange sighting. "The animal spotted in Portland last week does look like some kind of fox. White morphs are more common in red foxes than gray foxes, but the ears and snout are atypical for a red fox," Quillian said.

Richard Melling and his wife were out for a morning walk in southwest Portland, Oregon, when they spotted a small, white creature that seemed out of place. Playing with an abandoned plastic bag on the west side of the city’s Sellwood Bridge,

The Arctic fox found stranded, hungry and dehydrated in Portland on Oct. 12, may have been spotted with its former owners in Lincoln City last month.