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Fur-bearing trout

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Painted illustration: trout covered in white fur in an icy mountain stream, whimsical
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
A mounted 'fur-bearing trout' on display with a joke plaque, the kind of taxidermy novelty behind the legend.
A mounted 'fur-bearing trout' on display with a joke plaque, the kind of taxidermy novelty behind the legend · Samantha Marx from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License

A trout said to grow fur to keep warm; a taxidermy fake is held in Scotland.

Hoax Verdict: Fur-bearing trout is a hoax or deliberate invention, as our source documents.

Region
North America · United States / Iceland
First reports
Tales from the 17th century; 1929 Montana article

Key sightings

Best evidence

Taxidermy fakes.

Sources