American Hellbender

Sounds like Mad Max-style movie, right?

Wrong.  It's a salamander.  A HUGE salamander.  We saw one while we were frolicking in a mountain stream over Memorial Day weekend and we caught it on video.  It took me this long to identify what it was.  This sucker crawled over Kurt's foot, over my Dad's foot, and went on its merry way.  It was over a foot long. 






Here's the wikipedia link for all you nerds like me who are interested in this funky creature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender