SHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – A woman is receiving treatment for possible rabies exposure after a beaver attack at Lake View Park.  The woman was paddleboarding when she was knocked off the paddleboard and bitten several times by the beaver, said Lake View Park warden Billy Jenkins.

The incident happened around 3:25 p.m. Friday. The private lake was immediately closed after the attack.

Jenkins said the woman is undergoing treatment for rabies. The beaver was euthanized Saturday. Jenkins said they could find out if the beaver was rabid as early as tomorrow. The park reopened around 4 p.m. Sunday following the beaver’s removal.

“We’ve never had an incident like this out there,” Jenkins said.

He said such attacks are very rare. Police say the 67-year-old victim was taken to Mission Health System where she received emergency treatment for her wounds. The beaver has been transported to the Western Veterinary Diagnostic Lab for testing at the state lab in Raleigh.

Further testing is scheduled for today.

Ugh. Summer is the time of rabid beaver stories we know.  I mean possibly rabid beavers, because it’s also the time of protecting youngsters. We never hear about beavers with rabies in the winter, I guess because no one’s swimming with them.  We can’t tell if it’s really rabid without killing it and slicing through its brain. And if it turns out NOT to be rabid, you can bet the news will never report it.

Beavers chop down tree, cause power outage in central Manitoba

Not the cause This power company, don’t blame us, blame the rodent. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, after melting everyone’s icecream they had the gall to stand in the way of true love.

Broken beaver dam strands wedding party

A large beaver pond that ruptured Saturday night in the town of Hancock caused flash flooding that left a wedding party stranded for several hours, an official said.

No one was injured, according to Richard Knapp, chief of the Hancock Volunteer Fire Department. But the emergency kept a handful of area crews busy for most of the night.

Knapp said a “barn wedding” with 130 guests was taking place at that location, and guests were advised to seek higher ground immediately. 

Upon arrival, emergency personnel found flash flooding in progress in the area of the intersection of Shea Road and county Highway 28, Knapp said, with the road impassible and covered with 1 to 1½ feet of rapidly moving water. The cause of the flooding, according to Knapp, was determined to be a large, approximately 4-acre beaver pond that ruptured because of the excessive rain Saturday.

“There are quite a few beaver dams around,” Knapp said. “That’s how some ponds form. And it broke because of the rain. There was just more water than it could hold.”

Well’ you know how it is when you wanna get married. There are always so many beavers in the way. (Ba-dump-bump.)

Now here’s a list of all the bad things beavers did in California that made them need killing. You would think the number one problem would be slightly harder to fix, wouldn’t you?

My god we’ve been thru a lot this morning. Not to mention that there were several last minute wishes for tables from exhibitors at the festival yesterday that literally quoted “Wimpy” from the Popeye cartoons and said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Honestly, what is it about people that makes them think I have NOTHING to do at the festival but collect old debts? There’s a deadline for a reason people. Meet it or not, your call. Bring your own card table and lawn chairs for all I care. But if you want ME to order one friday I need payment friday. See how that works?

This is the reward for our pains.

Beaver fever! Mother beaver has a splash with her babies