Not likely before today. Could be new shorts today betting on a decline after the big run-up. Short Interest/Sales only posted twice per month, so day-to-day numbers are not available.
"...There's a HUGE short position in this ticker. ..."
There is 100% a big short position which by the way made perfect sense until today. I'm told they started scrambling already today on L2, just wait until we cross .16 IMO IRGTQ