Syracuse.com - Rabid beaver attacks Boy Scout leader swimming in Delaware River

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One of the Scouts pulled the leader to shore and then tossed the beaver aside. The other Scouts then used rocks to kill the animal.

OK, I just got back from vacation (I was visiting my daughter in Seattle) and was made aware of this story that ran while I was away. You can't make this stuff up:

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A Boy Scout leader from New York who was attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming in the Delaware River is recovering.

The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that 51-year-old Normand Brousseau, of Pine Plains, was swimming in eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 2 when a beaver swam through his legs and bit him in the chest.

The animal then bit him in the leg, buttocks, arm, hand and torso before he managed to grab it and hold its jaw closed.

One Boy Scout pulled Brousseau to shore, where he tossed the beaver away from him. The Scouts then used rocks to kill the animal.

A doctor confirmed the beaver had rabies a day after the attack.

Dutchess County health officials say a rabid beaver attack is unusual.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog