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Minneapolis girl attacked, chased by otter in Wisconsin lake
Pioneer Press ^ | 8-14-14 | Andy Rathbun

Posted on 08/15/2014 10:00:10 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

It was a fun time at the lake -- until the otter arrived. After spending about an hour swimming with friends in Bone Lake near Luck, Wis., on Saturday, Rory Kliewer began to climb a ladder onto a dock when she suddenly felt something bite her backside and thigh. "I thought it was a northern pike," the 12-year-old Minneapolis girl said Wednesday. "I thought a fish was after me." As she threw the creature off of her, she realized that the animal was an otter -- later estimated at 3 1/2 feet long and about 40 pounds. "It was a big, nasty one," said Rory, who had been staying at a friend's family cabin over the weekend. The otter then bit Rory's head and pulled itself onto her, scratching her face.

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: attack; otter; wildlife
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To: rey

With all the muskrats on the lake here where I live, I’ve thought about taking it up with the lake association to trap them for a few hundred dollars per year plus selling the hides.


21 posted on 08/15/2014 10:14:23 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: TurboZamboni
It wasn't one of these by any chance?
22 posted on 08/15/2014 10:14:35 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Dr. Thorne
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23 posted on 08/15/2014 10:15:35 AM PDT by februus
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To: TurboZamboni

She was try’n to weasel in on his food.


24 posted on 08/15/2014 10:15:50 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: TurboZamboni
A growing threat.


25 posted on 08/15/2014 10:16:15 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: listenhillary
Still one of my all time favorite videos.

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26 posted on 08/15/2014 10:16:54 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Darksheare; derllak; Borax Queen
Did you mean CO2? CO2mpetition?

Brilliant observation. This, no doubt, means this poor otter was the victim of global warming, um, er.... climate change.....

27 posted on 08/15/2014 10:17:37 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: TurboZamboni

But they are so cuuuuuuuute...


28 posted on 08/15/2014 10:19:04 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Lakeshark; derllak; Borax Queen

The airbreathers will have to fend off aquatic gilled things soon.
Mark my words!
Soon, even the mighty otter will be in danger of something finned gunning for it!


29 posted on 08/15/2014 10:19:27 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: TurboZamboni

“The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.” (Genesis 9:2)

Something has gone terribly wrong. Could it be Rev. 6:8? Just asking.


30 posted on 08/15/2014 10:21:49 AM PDT by sueQ
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To: TurboZamboni
I like otters. I google-imaged the word "otter" and saw many cute pics, but I also saw one from Japan or someplace oriental where they had hundreds of dead otters laying out in the street. I suspect they were being prepared for their skins.

So, maybe this otter in MN was only getting back at past atrocities.

31 posted on 08/15/2014 10:21:52 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: TurboZamboni

If bitten on you bippy, be sure to turn the otter cheek.


32 posted on 08/15/2014 10:23:08 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and in politic)
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To: listenhillary

That’s a gutsy post... but come to think of it....true.


33 posted on 08/15/2014 10:23:37 AM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coups d’état .)
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To: Darksheare; derllak; Borax Queen
Proof we are regressing due to global warming climate change.

This girl would have been safe if it weren't for big oil!

34 posted on 08/15/2014 10:23:40 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: cripplecreek

In the words of Steve Martin, “What in the HEEEEELLLLL was that?”


35 posted on 08/15/2014 10:24:36 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: GeronL

Yes, we have lions, but we have no bananas.

We have had 5 lion issues in 12 years, and the state of California acts like they are in short supply. The people who want to eliminate the position of trapper from the county payroll claim he kills 70 lions a year in the county (There have been 70 lions killed by permit state wide in 5 or 10 years). Now if they are in short supply, how can the trapper kill 70 a year? And if he is killing that many, we are likely safer in the lion enclosure at SF Zoo than roaming the hill sides.

I guarantee this state could sell lioin tags for $5k a pop.


36 posted on 08/15/2014 10:25:27 AM PDT by rey
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To: AnAmericanMother

Terror in the swamp (Nutria death)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMI8FrdBs0Q#t=19


37 posted on 08/15/2014 10:26:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Slyfox

And the otter in WI had been in contact with the Nippon otters how? I’m looking to upgrade my comm system. Theirs must be a doozy. Must run on solar or thermal....fusion maybe eeeevunn. ;oD


38 posted on 08/15/2014 10:30:04 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and in politic)
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39 posted on 08/15/2014 10:31:42 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: TurboZamboni

My guess is that the attacker was a mother protecting its young, who were probably hiding under the dock. Otters are normally shy of people and especially dislike dogs, but a mother otter will act aggressively if she regards people or dogs as a threat to her young.


40 posted on 08/15/2014 10:31:50 AM PDT by Rockingham
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