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Watch: Child attacked by rabid beaver while fishing at New Jersey lake
livenowfox ^ | May 6, 2026 | Catherine Stoddard

Posted on 05/07/2026 5:49:44 PM PDT by marktwain

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In the video, an 8-year-old boy who was out fishing with his family is seen being attacked by the beaver.

When the child tried to run back up the bank and out of the water, the beaver pursued the boy and ended up biting the child on his thigh.

When the boy finally managed to get up, he threw the beaver back into the lake.

Local perspective:

Several people had been bitten by the beaver and ended up testing positive for rabies, according to the Mahwah Township Health Department.

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There is video at the link. I have been surprised that rabid beavers attack people a couple of times a year.

This was videoed. Rather unusual, but now video cameras are common on most cell phones.

1 posted on 05/07/2026 5:49:44 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I wrote a letter to Penthouse about my encounter with one.


2 posted on 05/07/2026 5:52:22 PM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: marktwain

Were the whereabouts of AOC accounted for during the time of this attack?


3 posted on 05/07/2026 5:54:15 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: marktwain

They are vicious and their teeth are sharp as razors, being constantly renewed

Several years ago, there was a flood on the river and a beaver managed to get trapped in the weather station cyclone fence enclosure at one of the dams. An employee opened the gate, thinking he would rescue the beaver and let him escape from the cyclone fence area. Instead, the Beaver attacked him and seriously lacerated both of his legs before the man was able to escape. We laughed at the accident report, having to say that he was attacked by a beaver, but it was very serious requiring multiple stitches and a round of rabies vaccination as a precaution.


4 posted on 05/07/2026 5:55:18 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: marktwain

5 posted on 05/07/2026 5:55:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: marktwain

Ain’t no dam beaver in NJ. The closest one is grey and lives in Massachusetts.


6 posted on 05/07/2026 5:56:31 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: BenLurkin

When i think of beaver that is the last image that comes to mind.


7 posted on 05/07/2026 5:57:42 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: marktwain

Rabid Beaver in NJ?

I thought Elizabeth Warren was in Massachussets???


8 posted on 05/07/2026 5:59:36 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dynachrome

You’re bad.

Funny but very bad.


9 posted on 05/07/2026 6:01:07 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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To: marktwain

Hopefully he was with his teacher.😉


10 posted on 05/07/2026 6:02:49 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: dynachrome

Did the nurse bend the needle when you got your shots? ;)


11 posted on 05/07/2026 6:03:56 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: marktwain

In a better time, the father would’ve been carrying a handgun and shot the thing before it attacked his family.

New Jersey has concealed carry now. He should’ve been carrying to Protect his family.


12 posted on 05/07/2026 6:05:33 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: marktwain

Dam beaver!


13 posted on 05/07/2026 6:08:10 PM PDT by x
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To: marktwain

I’ve never developed a fear of being attacked by rabid beavers.


14 posted on 05/07/2026 6:08:44 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: House Atreides

Two are better than one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWu2t5LS7x0


15 posted on 05/07/2026 6:13:05 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“Beaver, aren’t you being a little hard on the ward?”


16 posted on 05/07/2026 6:30:05 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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To: marktwain

And the idiot taking the video thought a child being attacked by a wild animal was funny


17 posted on 05/07/2026 6:31:15 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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A rabid Beaver! Oh Ward, what are we going to do?!’’


18 posted on 05/07/2026 6:35:52 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: marktwain

A. Isn’t that family deciding to camp right on top of a Beaver Nest?

B. Why do they let their fluffy little Dog walk right into that swamp where the Crazy Beaver was just thrown like a Midget Wrestler?


19 posted on 05/07/2026 6:45:14 PM PDT by lee martell
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Was sittin in health center waiting room when a woman arrived, walked to desk, her legs and arms a bloody mess, she explained she had just killed z fox that had been menac8ng folks along a popular beach path. She and her husband ended up strangling the fox to death, and fella had it in his vehickle for testing. He was bit up too, but not as bad.


20 posted on 05/07/2026 7:15:19 PM PDT by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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