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PolWatch
06-27-2015, 06:19 AM
I just could not resist this news item....people worry about bears & cougars, beware irate homeowners!:

Two Oregon hikers who were assaulted by a beaver after they climbed onto its dam have been hospitalized for injuries incurred during the rare attack, law enforcement officials said on Friday. Clayton Mitchell, 23, told the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office that he and a friend had been hiking along a river near his central Oregon home on Thursday when they climbed onto a beaver dam.

A resident beaver emerged from the dam, knocking Mitchell into the Deschutes River and trapping his friend, 31-year-old John Bailey, in a tangle of submerged logs, according to the sheriff's department incident report.

After Miller contacted the sheriff’s department for help, deputies called upon search and rescue volunteers to locate Bailey.

Searchers heard the trapped man call for help, but he freed himself and climbed out of the river just as deputies discovered his location, the report said of the incident, which is virtually unprecedented in central Oregon.
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Mitchell and Bailey were both treated for non-life threatening injuries and are expected to recover. There was no information available on the status of the beaver, the sheriff's office said.

http://news.yahoo.com/oregon-men-hospitalized-recovering-rare-beaver-attack-202013154.html

southwest88
06-27-2015, 07:28 AM
Yum! Tastes kinda like possum. Course, it does come pre-soaked - just throw in some olive oil, soy sauce, garlic. (See http://www.fourpoundsflour.com/beaver-bonanza-part-iii-beaver-three-ways/ for marinade & cooking instructions.)

PolWatch
06-27-2015, 07:29 AM
I'll pass on the filet of beaver....but you go ahead and enjoy! :wink:

Peter1469
06-27-2015, 08:41 AM
They can be vicious little things.

southwest88
06-27-2015, 09:17 AM
They can be vicious little things.

Yah, anything that comes with a built-in, organic, self-propelled wood chipper - self-lubricating, never needs sharpening, no maintenance - is a critter to respect. Heck, they're probably the inspiration for the wood chipper scene in the movie Fargo.

PattyHill
06-27-2015, 09:25 AM
Goooo, Beavers!! just protecting his/her home!

Peter1469
06-27-2015, 09:31 AM
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Captain Obvious
06-27-2015, 11:23 PM
They can be vicious little things.

Beavers?

Oh ya...

Dr. Who
06-27-2015, 11:49 PM
They can be vicious little things.
Stay off their damn dams. LOL.

Redrose
06-28-2015, 02:12 AM
An angry beaver can cause a lot of damage.

del
06-28-2015, 09:32 AM
some of my worst experiences have involved angry beavers

MisterVeritis
06-28-2015, 10:51 AM
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You going fishing?

Private Pickle
06-28-2015, 10:59 AM
Only in Oregon.

I wish it was a Honey Badger:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

Peter1469
06-28-2015, 11:03 AM
You going fishing?

Damn busting! :wink:

Private Pickle
06-28-2015, 11:04 AM
Chloe are your friends OK?

:grin:

PattyHill
06-28-2015, 11:29 AM
I love the honey badger! She don't take no shit!

Chloe
06-28-2015, 01:10 PM
@Chloe (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=565) are your friends OK?

:grin:

I don't know them, and after reading that article I don't think I want to. J/k.

Beavers are amazing to me though, and beaver lodges are crazy cool.

PolWatch
06-28-2015, 01:11 PM
I don't think I would like some strangers stomping around on the roof of my home....don't think I would bite them but I would sure be grumpy.

sachem
06-28-2015, 01:15 PM
Beavers?

Oh ya...:facepalm:

Private Pickle
06-28-2015, 08:58 PM
I don't know them, and after reading that article I don't think I want to. J/k.

Beavers are amazing to me though, and beaver lodges are crazy cool.

They are an amazing animal. Brilliant in one respect and completely naive in another.

Their engineering skills are insane. But the number one cause of their death is falling trees. No joke.

Dr. Who
06-29-2015, 01:38 AM
Only in Oregon.

I wish it was a Honey Badger:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg
Honey Badger don't care!

Private Pickle
06-29-2015, 01:57 AM
Honey Badger don't care!

Watch the video. It's hilarious n

Dr. Who
06-29-2015, 02:03 AM
Watch the video. It's hilarious n
I watched it, but the power of the honey badger is well known. I've been saying honey badger don't care for a long time.

Tricia
06-29-2015, 03:15 AM
I'm loving the narrator, lol!

Private Pickle
06-29-2015, 03:16 AM
I'm loving the narrator, lol!

She-he had a whole series.

PolWatch
06-29-2015, 05:52 AM
A truly unique wildlife video. I don't think that was ever broadcast on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom cause that ain't Marlin Perkins narrating!