It was just before sundown on Dec. 6 when hunter Greg Strand heard a commotion nearby in the trees. Strand, who was out in the Windham woods, ducked out of sight to see what was moving among the trees. What happened next was quite the unusual encounter. A large dark-colored porcupine was moving through the trees, and following close behind it was another porcupine — apparently albino — that blended in with the snow. “I knew it was special,” Strand told NBC affiliate News Center Maine after he captured his encounter with the albino porcupine on film. The short video shows the pair of porcupines waddling through the trees, and it has since been widely shared on social media, exciting and enthralling animal lovers. “Porcupines usually get a pretty bad rap.

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