Beaver Chases Children at Hidden Pond Nature Center
Incident takes place week after rabid beaver attacked swimmer in Lake Barcroft.
One week after an 83-year-old woman was attacked by a beaver in Lake Barcroft in Falls Church comes a report that a beaver was chasing children Saturday at the Hidden Pond Nature Center in West Springfield. County Animal Control officers responded to the report that the animal was chasing the children Saturday at about 11:30 a.m., according to a news release from Fairfax County Police. The children who were chased had just finished competing in a fishing contest when they noticed a beaver in the water swimming toward the dock they were standing on, according to the release. The release said that the beaver leapt out of the water onto the dock and was seen acting aggressively and chasing the children. An animal control officer responded to …
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David Rathbun
1:25 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
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