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8-year-old boy, grandmother survive vicious otter attack (WA)
KBOI2.com ^ | 08/02/2014 | Lindsay Cohen

Posted on 08/02/2014 10:14:42 AM PDT by aimhigh

Bryce Moser, of Marysville, and his grandmother, Lelani Grove, were both expected to survive their injuries, family members said. Grove has "hundreds of stitches" and a significant eye injury, while Moser has nine staples in his head and cuts all over his body.

"I just hear him screaming, 'Help! Get it off of me! Get it off of me!' and he goes underwater," said Moser's mother, Tabitha. "And then he comes up and I see the thing all the way on top of his head."

"(The otter) had him by the back of his head and it was holding him down," added witness Dean Springer, Bryce's great-uncle. "Just the whole body was wrapped around him."

"It immediately went to the same position on the top of her head and had hands on her eyes and was biting the back of her head," Moser continued. "As I'm hitting it with an umbrella and trying to get it off of her, it's just getting more and more mad."

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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: otter
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To: a fool in paradise

Theme music: “You Otter Know,” by Alanis Marmoset.


41 posted on 08/02/2014 11:57:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
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42 posted on 08/02/2014 12:01:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Elian Gonzalez sought asylum and was sent back to Cuba, send these kids back to THEIR parents.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

This is what happens when otters start hanging with the Angry Beavers.

“Evil communications corrupt good manners.”


43 posted on 08/02/2014 12:03:43 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: gorush

I was reeling in a small halibut in Cook Inlet one fine summer day when a salmon shark got hold of it. That was a tug of war for a couple of minutes. Wasn’t enough of the halibut left to salvage.


44 posted on 08/02/2014 12:16:04 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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To: aimhigh

must of had babies close by


45 posted on 08/02/2014 12:17:37 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: 43north
"This is extremely unusual"

Its fairly common, if there are otter pups around. You can find YouTube videos. They'll even attack crocodiles

I had a close encounter with female otter with pups 15 years ago but she didn't attack. We did have a 10 second eye to eye stare down.

46 posted on 08/02/2014 12:51:38 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: aimhigh

I remember seeing a program about the Amazon and it was mentioned that the giant river otters were very dangerous.


47 posted on 08/02/2014 1:09:00 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: 43north
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48 posted on 08/02/2014 1:24:47 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Ken H

You shouldn’t otter be swimming in that river.


49 posted on 08/02/2014 1:49:58 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Hamas otters


50 posted on 08/02/2014 2:27:35 PM PDT by MrKatykelly
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To: aimhigh

Anyone else remember this movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvop3ayFwBA


51 posted on 08/02/2014 3:26:26 PM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: lee martell

Those pig fluckers should go hide in shame.


52 posted on 08/02/2014 5:51:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Abso-bleepin-lutely!


53 posted on 08/02/2014 6:08:24 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: aimhigh

Wow. Can otters be rabid? I wonder if they’re going to test this one (assuming they caught it — that might be a big assumption).


54 posted on 08/02/2014 11:00:43 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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