By Chad Love

The headline to this next story may seem funny (OK, so it really is) but anyone who's ever fished out of a float tube knows that beavers can be really scary. And rabid beavers? Nothing says terror like a crazed, rabid beaver coming at you when you least expect it. Luckily, however, Boy Scouts are prepared for that, too.

From this story on cbsnews.com:
A rabid beaver that attacked a Boy Scout leader swimming in the Delaware River was killed after Scouts in the troop pelted it with rocks. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that 51-year-old Normand Brousseau, of Pine Plains, N.Y., was swimming in eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 2 when a beaver swam through his legs and bit him in the chest. "I thought it was a giant carp fish," he told the paper.

According to the story, Brousseau managed to throw the enraged beaver off his chest, but it immediately came back, attacking Brousseau with those impressive choppers and inflicting bite marks all over his body. Brousseau managed to throw the beaver ashore, and that's when the members of his Boy Scout Troop went all Old Testament on it, stoning the beaver to death with large rocks. Testing later confirmed the beaver was rabid, and Brousseau is now taking rabies shots. As for the members of his troop, I think they should get a special "Beaver Stoning" merit badge.

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from jdwood wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

This reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy joke, "and it ain't beat up or scratched up or nothin', and apparently nothin' is the magical word that brings a beaver back to life and it lurched out and bit his nipple off"

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from Gtbigsky wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

idwood,

hahaha that's a great Jeff Foxworthy bit.

I'm sorry I just can't resist this next comment..... The scout master is extremely luck the beaver didn't go after his wood.

Maybe its the J Daniels talking but I just couldn't resist.

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from habben97 wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

good for them

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from wp wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

This is the second rabid beaver story I have heard of in the last few weeks. The last one attacked two girls swimming in Lake Anna in VA.

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from nchunt101 wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

At least the young lads learned first hand the danger a diseased beaver poses.

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from Red Salas wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

Right on way to go.

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from Nyflyangler wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Doesn't all beaver end up going rabid eventually?

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from Nyflyangler wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Doesn't all beaver end up going rabid eventually?

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from bounty1 wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

Wonder what causes that? I've trapped uncountable beaver in my life and couldn't tell ya if any were rabid or not. Interesting.

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from Frank Nicholas wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

How would Atticus Fitch have handled that?

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from Frank Nicholas wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

How would Atticus Fitch have handled that?

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from hutter wrote 42 weeks 5 days ago

On my honor, to do my best, to help the girl scouts undress!

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from Gtbigsky wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

idwood,

hahaha that's a great Jeff Foxworthy bit.

I'm sorry I just can't resist this next comment..... The scout master is extremely luck the beaver didn't go after his wood.

Maybe its the J Daniels talking but I just couldn't resist.

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from jdwood wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

This reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy joke, "and it ain't beat up or scratched up or nothin', and apparently nothin' is the magical word that brings a beaver back to life and it lurched out and bit his nipple off"

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from nchunt101 wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

At least the young lads learned first hand the danger a diseased beaver poses.

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from habben97 wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

good for them

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from wp wrote 43 weeks 3 days ago

This is the second rabid beaver story I have heard of in the last few weeks. The last one attacked two girls swimming in Lake Anna in VA.

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from Red Salas wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

Right on way to go.

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from Nyflyangler wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Doesn't all beaver end up going rabid eventually?

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from Nyflyangler wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Doesn't all beaver end up going rabid eventually?

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from bounty1 wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

Wonder what causes that? I've trapped uncountable beaver in my life and couldn't tell ya if any were rabid or not. Interesting.

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from Frank Nicholas wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

How would Atticus Fitch have handled that?

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from Frank Nicholas wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

How would Atticus Fitch have handled that?

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from hutter wrote 42 weeks 5 days ago

On my honor, to do my best, to help the girl scouts undress!

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