Wildlife Sighting

I was outside just now, scouting around for a Christmas tree, when out of the corner of my eye I saw a little critter. I didn't have my camera handy, but this is just what it looked like:

I couldn't believe it! At first I thought it might have been a fisher cat, pure white for winter. But in looking up images and info on the web, I realized it was too small and fishers don't change color to white in the winter.

It's a ferret! The only difference is this one had a tuft of black at the tip of his tail, and his eyes were black.

I followed him for a little bit, and then he scampered away...

Poor little guy, hope he gets home okay.