Steven Parker, the ninth and final Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission member to appear this year before a state Senate committee, did so this afternoon, explaining his journey to the panel and taking questions from lawmakers.

As the Northwest’s foremost – read: self-appointed; also: only – chronicler of weird wandering wildlife, I’d have to give this week’s galactically gone-astray Gulo gulo a 12/10, with bonus points awarded it for choosing to be seen by anglers. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY IN THE ENTIRE MULTIVERSE, would have believed them if they hadn’t snapped a couple pics of the beast scampering along the shore.