River otter drags child off dock and underwater in rare attack at Washington marina

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A child was dragged off a dock and underwater in a rare attack by a river otter at a marina in Washington state on Thursday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

The otter pulled the young child underwater with the mother still on the dock at Bremerton Marina in Kitsap County.

Moments later, the otter resurfaced and the mom rescued her child out of the water. But the animal continued to attack, biting the mother’s arm, according to a news release from the fish and wildlife agency.

The otter kept chasing the family as they tried to get off the dock. The child was left with scratches and bites on top of their head, as well as on their face and legs, and taken to a local hospital to be treated for the injuries, which officials described as minor.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/river-otter-drags-child-off-174237004.html

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'I thought I was going to die': California swimmer survives vicious otter attack

In what he called a terrifying brush with death, a 69-year-old man is recovering after being bit dozens of times by a pair of otters during an unexpected attack while swimming in Northern California.

Matt Leffers of San Francisco told USA TODAY the attack took place Sept. 2 while he was at his family's cabin in Serene Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 15 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe.

Leffers, an experienced swimmer, said he was training for a triathlon on a cold day in water he has been swimming in for 30 years.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/06/california-man-survives-otter-attack-serene-lakes/71472126007/