Young Ian Timothy released episode six of his Beaver Creek series, yesterday. So of course I had to drop everything and watch. I won’t tell you the most adorable part, because you’ve read enough of me by now to spot it for yourself. And I won’t tell you which part I wanted to come true for our beavers because you will probably exactly feel the same way. Just watch it, at least once. When you consider the ratio of two hours of filmaking for two seconds of footage, you realize how impressive it is for a teen to make this in his spare time AND go to high school. If you want to remind yourself a little about the artist, go here and read what a remarkable young man he is.
UPDATE: I wrote Ian this morning, is that mark on mom’s tail what I think it is? He just wrote back. Yes it is! Just for the Martinez Beavers! Wow. sniff. Make me cry at work….sheesh…..
Cheryl just pointed out what appears to be ‘en hommage‘ to mom in the dining scene. Hmmm. Looks possible. I have written the creator for verification, but wouldn’t that be lovely? A memorial in film as well as sheetpile? This makes half a dozen episodes making Twig charming and accessible without being threatening. Still there is almost no part of this series that brushes the grim reality for beavers in general. Is it just me or do you think its time to put a little well-placed pressure on human responses to beavers? The morbid realist in me says that Episode 7 could feature a farmer who rips out the repaired dam and waits to shoot the beavers that come and fix it. Mom, Dad and Snappy would of course be killed leaving the kits orphaned to starve on their own. Twig could adopt them to save the day. But everything would brighten when the farmers’ cousin ‘Slip Kisle’ could come show him how to install a flow device next time?
It’s just a suggestion…Once again great work Ian. Martinez has your biggest fans!
