Irate Beaver 'Takes Man Hostage'

[nightflight]

A rogue beaver struck terror into the heart of a man making his way home late at night in the Latvian city of Daugavpils, according to a local newspaper report picked up byLatvian Public Broadcasting. The man, identified only as Sergei, says the beaver ran out of some bushes and suddenly bit him. He fell over as he tried to fight the rodent off and was bitten again as he tried to get up. In what USA Today describes as a "Kafkian nightmare," Sergei phoned police as the beaver "held him hostage" and refused to let him get up, only to have his plea for help dismissed as a prank call.

http://www.newser.com/story/224036/irate-beaver-takes-man-hostage.html

 

[Rick Otto]

If I only had a nickel...

 

[ThatRobGuy]

The story sounds borderline comical, but they're mean animals during certain times of the year. I remember my grandpa use to have to go break up a beaver dam every year at the lake by our family cabin because they would block up the stream that fed the small lake. He use to take a little .22 plinking rifle with him "just in case" and showed me a scar where he'd been bitten years back by one of those things...it required stitches.

 

[Chesterton]

I was once kidnapped and held by a squirrel. Two long, nightmarish years. I can't talk about it right now...

 

[Armoured]

The only thing that stops a bad guy with an irate, homicidal beaver is a good guy with an irate, homicidal beaver

 

[brinny]

LOL! That's terrible.

On a more serious note, i hope the beaver was not rabid, and i'm thankful the man finally got the help he desperately needed.

 

[Ana the Ist]

We've all been there.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Beavers... Those things'll get ya when you least expect it!

 

[loveofourlord]

hehe I remember being chased around for a few minutes by one of those turduckens :> nasty little half mutant.

 

[Oafman]

a "Kafkian nightmare,"

That amused me.

 

[nightflight]

I was once kidnapped and held by a squirrel. Two long, nightmarish years. I can't talk about it right now...

Same here. But it was a large group of them. They lined up and each bit me and slapped me with their tails. As you can imagine, the bites hurt a lot more than the tail-slaps. (In fact the tails didn't hurt at all, just a fluffy brush across my face.)

I later learned that they weren't trying to hurt me, but we actually adopting me into their group; it was a ritual they used. I spent a year with them learning their ways; gathering nuts, playing road-tag with cars, looking adorable. I once went off on my own to practice my skills, but was chased out of a yard by a man who threatened to "call the police if you come here again, you ^%*@! weirdo!!" It took sometime for me to deprogram, to get my old identity back, but I will still eat an acorn now and then.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

This thread reminds me of a song.

 

[Chesterton]

Same here. But it was a large group of them. They lined up and each bit me and slapped me with their tails. As you can imagine, the bites hurt a lot more than the tail-slaps. (In fact the tails didn't hurt at all, just a fluffy brush across my face.)

I later learned that they weren't trying to hurt me, but we actually adopting me into their group; it was a ritual they used. I spent a year with them learning their ways; gathering nuts, playing road-tag with cars, looking adorable. I once went off on my own to practice my skills, but was chased out of a yard by a man who threatened to "call the police if you come here again, you ^%*@! weirdo!!" It took sometime for me to deprogram, to get my old identity back, but I will still eat an acorn now and then.

Don't go going trans-species on us now.

Yeah my experience wasn't really that bad, it was just the waiting around. Squirrel was holding me for ransom, wanted 100 lbs. of chestnuts, but my family's kinda cheap so it required protracted negotiations. Turned out I was only worth a bag of peanuts and a couple fermented peaches (squirrel was an alcoholic).

 

[TheBear]

I could have soooo much fun with the thread title and some of the replies ..... never mind.