r/Bellingham ✊🏾 20h ago

Good Vibes Guess who’s back?🦥

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u/quayle-man 19h ago

WSDOT under estimated the resiliency of the local wildlife.

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u/Speshill_EdD 18h ago

Underrated comment 🤣

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u/TheOffKn1ght 20h ago

YASSSS

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u/allthingsimaginable 19h ago

Thats exactly what I yelled when I saw him on my way home

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u/Ill-Dependent2976 20h ago

Every time the fun police take one down, two more should go up.

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u/Baronhousen 20h ago

Nice, just what we need at this time. Hats off to friends of slothy!

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u/bungpeice 14h ago

slothadarity

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u/NobleStreetRat 20h ago

Someone is doing gods work

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u/T3RM1T3 20h ago

This is definitely the game that needs to be played.

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u/dofrogsbite 19h ago

I'm up in white rock and joined this sub when the takedown occurred to see if the promise of his return would happen and I love this. We had a blue towel that got stuck on a pileing at the end of our pier and it gained quite the fan club here as it lasted through a couple wind storms, sadly blue towel is gone now.

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u/SalishSeaSweetie 18h ago

The name of your town makes me smile, snicker, laugh, depending on my mood. Named after a large white rock that could be seen from Semiahmoo. Well, the rock isn’t white quartz ( yes, now it’s painted) so what would have made it white long long ago……. The answer has to be bird shit. So you live in the city of bird shit rock!

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u/SalishSeaSweetie 20h ago

Oh, you just made my day! So glad!

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u/pnwpaige Local 20h ago

Bellingham, how I love thee 🩷

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u/tisthedamnseason98 20h ago

Driving back up from SeaTac shortly and that'll be the perfect way for me to be welcomed back into town

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u/vengefulbeavergod 15h ago

Welcome home!

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u/tisthedamnseason98 15h ago

Thank you! Feels good to be back in WA! 😊

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u/WN_Todd 20h ago

That took longer than expected.

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u/Gracefulfollies 19h ago

It’s a sloth. What kind of speed do you expect?

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u/Hawksfan4ever 16h ago

Chuckle of the day! Sure, it's a slow day.

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u/Mathgailuke 20h ago

Actual happy news!

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u/Minflick 19h ago

Same tree?

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u/Klonothan 18h ago

Yep! Saw it an hour ago driving home

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u/Emrys7777 19h ago

Yay! I really needed this today. Thank you unknown hero

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u/GnarMediaHouse 19h ago

This brings me so much joy.

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u/Longslowbreathout 20h ago

I drive northbound from Mt. Vernon to Bham and figure that is where Slothy is but could be I am just missing the lil darlin. Can you tell us where it is?

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u/boringnamehere 20h ago

Assuming it’s still in the same place, it’s in the tree above the

Bellingham 9
Vancouver 64

sign on the northbound direction just NE of lake samish. Approximate coordinates are

(48.6658455, -122.3722636)

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u/Longslowbreathout 10h ago

Thank you! 🦥

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u/dinkdonner 19h ago

Hahahaha Oh Bellingham!!!

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u/Trees_Please_00 18h ago

This town is full of tree folk I hope WSDOT expected this 😂

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u/AnathemaD3v1c3 19h ago

YAY!!!🎉

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u/CommonSenseCat 18h ago

Metallica Bridge is back, too!

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u/jIdiosyncratic 15h ago

Happy to see this. We need more positivity on this sub at this point.

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u/ClassicG675 18h ago

YES! This is the greatest day of my life!

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u/awillman2279 19h ago

i did say it would be back 🤭😏

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u/BhamsterPine 18h ago

Yazzzzzz

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u/joshstrummer 17h ago

Watching over us and keeping us safe.

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u/socceriife 17h ago

Just saw it and made my day!

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u/nocturn999 17h ago

Let’s fucking go!!!!

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u/Bakerskibum87 15h ago

Saw a car and some people pulled over there last night and thought that was what they were up to.

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u/PlainJane3088 Local 17h ago

Awwwww yisssssss

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u/RManDelorean 17h ago

Shady's back??

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u/Intrepid-Passion5827 14h ago

At least something is going right in the universe.

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u/1Monkey70 18h ago

Yes!!!!

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u/TheModernJedi 15h ago

Love it, but they’re just going to waste even more time and money removing it again.

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u/Mother-Rip7044 11h ago

And it will be put back up, time and time again. It's causing no harm, WSDOT is the one deciding to waste money.

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u/OkMessage4388 15h ago

Took two weeks, clearly a sloth with a slow return 😄

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u/ObjectiveJaguar7656 14h ago

It’s funny cause the town of Bellingham really embodies the spirit animal of a sloth 🦥 FUH REAL!!!!

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u/freddit63 15h ago

Glad to see Huxley students doing gods work. Hayduke lives!

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u/Crafty-Shape2743 13h ago

Giant Sloth.

It’s not what we asked for, but it’s what we need.

The Universe (and an arborist) has once again provided.

There are many lessons to be learned from that slow moving Sloth.

First and foremost is slow but measured reaction to a changing society.

When one or a few things create chaos, designed for hyper reaction, sometimes, the best response is slow and deliberate.

Buy local, get to know your neighbors, stay calm when all around you seems to demand fast action. Think before you react. Don’t believe the hype.

Sloth vs Anaconda

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u/onlyonejunebug 10h ago

The sloth is back and the skies are bright ☀️ A fuzzy beacon, pure delight 😀 High above the traffic flow, It teaches all of us to slow…………..

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u/Spiritual-Gate-8254 17h ago

So awesome! I wish they could have nabbed the original and put it back up!

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u/DeGodefroi 16h ago

Hahaha marvelous.

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u/DMV2PNW 16h ago

Much higher this time?

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u/OryonRy 16h ago

Hmmm...interesting...

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u/whatdidyousay509 12h ago

HE LIVES 🙌

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u/Similar-Crow 12h ago

Yeeeeeeesssss!

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u/Similar-Crow 12h ago

I just heard they’re planning on moving the rock next year.

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u/Cdubwf1976 11h ago

Okay, how the fuck do they get it up there? That's what she said

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u/Nick-or-Treat 11h ago

God blessem

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u/Communistsheen 11h ago

haha yes i was so happy seeing this guy on my drive home today

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u/CinKneph 10h ago

I’m driving back from a long road trip. I look forward to seeing him in the morning!

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u/NormieChad Local 19h ago

I was told it would be back the next day, sure took it's time