Posted on 09/14/2012 5:00:40 PM PDT by marktwain
A rabid beaver approached young children at a nature center in Fairfax County over the weekend, officials said, just days after another rabid beaver bit an 83-year-old woman in a Fairfax lake.
About 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Fairfax County Animal Control officers went to Hidden Pond Nature Center in Springfield. The incident occurred during a program in which about 15 children were participating.
The kids were fishing when a beaver was spotted approaching a dock where about four or five children were located, a nature center staff member who witnessed the incident told Fairfax County Park Authority spokeswoman Judy Pedersen.
The beaver jumped on the dock, staggered and jumped toward a 4-year-old girl, Pedersen was told. The staff member grabbed the girl, some of the children's fathers took the kids away from the area, and nature center staff immediately called police.
"Certainly the children were startled by it," Pedersen said.
An Animal Control officer shot and killed the beaver, police officials said. No one was bitten, and there were no injuries.
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non should be none.
anything I could say here would just give me banned.
yeah, would have been way cool to see those 8 year olds running around with glocks.
(sorry MT, couldn’t resist)
That’s still funny as all get out, and gets my laugh of the day!
still chuckling.....
Animal kingdom weirdness.
Yep, they need more beaver hunters in VA.
I think they need to look into these beaver’s religious affiliations. Rabid? hah I’ll bet their Amish.
“Sometimes men make the strangest requests.”
;^)
and I thought my ex-wife was still in Texas
I was attacked by a gravid beaver once.
I still shiver in horror.
Don’t you come up with you ‘rabid beaver’ stories because, if you do, you should be banned!
Let’s maintain some semblance of decorum on FR.
(You can ping me privately and tell me all about rabid beavers)
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Sandra Fluke attack?
It would've been really gnarly, even far out!
“An Animal Control officer shot and killed the beaver”
What? A beaver shot?
Sometimes women accede to our wishes!
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