Kelpie!!
If that were at all visible, you’d clearly see the fox, mere feet away from my car as I pulled off the Dulles Greenway (I thought foxes were nocturnal, but this guy was partying right beside the highway, enjoying the Indian Summer like the rest of us…he was not only unafraid of my presence, he preened a bit and seemed to pose for the picture, making it that much more devastating that I did not have a proper camera on me…)