There’s been a 2nd attack on swimmers by a critter. This time it’s reported to be a rabid beaver.
FROM U.K.’s MAIL ONLINE: Eight-year-old Annabella Radnovich and her 11-year-old sister, Alyssa, were playing with their cousins at Lake Anna in Virginia’s Spotsylvania County when the 65 pound animal bit and scratched their legs.
The sisters were rushed to Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center after the attack just before noon on Sunday.
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Not 48 hours ago, the Otter attack on a triathlete in Minnesota captured national and world headlines, ending up on Yahoo’s front page by the end of the day. It’s makes me wonder if this is going to be the Summer of the Shark, famously coined from the nonstop reports on shark attacks in 2001, from early July until September 11th, when global news became one story we will all never forget.
Granted, two consecutive stories does not make a trend, but Otter and Beaver attacks are so rare, I’m going to keep my antenna up. Stay tuned…
Is the attacker on a swimming scholarship at Oregon State?
Great. Lake Anna is the site of the Eastern Zone Open Water championship in mid-August. Hope the beavers, badgers, otters et al simmer down before then.