On the spectrum of enigmatic beasts, the wolverine is only slightly less mysterious than a sasquatch. Between 1921 and 2000, fewer than 10 verified sightings were recorded in Oregon.
Biologists believed wolverines had disappeared from Oregon, with the last confirmed sightings dating back to the early 1970s. That all changed this year.
Five days after discovering wolverine tracks in the Wallowa Mountains of Northeast Oregon, researcher Audrey Magoun downloaded photos of two wolverines from a bait station camera.