Little bastard isn’t so cute when he’s
biting your leg and chasing you down
the street.
Don’t you just hate when you go to the local course for a relaxing 18 holes but your peaceful afternoon is destroyed by the golfer’s natural enemies of wind, water, sand and otters? Wait…otters? Yup, but not just any otters; we’re talking rabid otters!
Some crazy-ass otter at the Grand Harbor’s Harbor Course in Indian River County Florida went wild a few weeks back and bit three people in one day, forcing all of them to endure the dreaded series of injections to prevent the contagious disease. But this was no simple bite and release for our foamy mouthed critter; this otter was on a mission to infect human blood as it chased a pair of golfers off the course and down the street.
(Lani) Becker said the animal chased her at least 100 yards, onto a neighbor’s porch. No one answered the door and the otter continued to attack until she winged it with a doormat.
“I was terrified,” Becker said. “I had been bit and it just kept coming. You have a creature that’s crazy, chasing you. There’s very little you can do.”
(Anita) Stafford said Wednesday she has one more shot to go in a series of vaccines to prevent her from getting the disease.
“There’s a pond on that hole — it’s a short par 3,” Stafford said. “(The otter) was on the grass. He or she was just staring at me.
“All of a sudden he charged me and bit my ankle,” she said. “There are three punctures.”
Stafford’s golf partner, Max Hughes, was some distance behind her on the men’s tee.
“Max caught up — of course, he had a golf club,” Stafford said. “He was swinging the club at the otter.”
The animal chased them until they crossed a street, Stafford said. The couple then drove to Indian River Medical Center, where Becker already was being treated.
“He broke the skin in 12 different places,” Becker said. “The four big bites that I had all would have required stitches.
And you thought that all you had to worry about was the speed of the greens and the price of the beers when you went golfing. Now maybe you won’t laugh next time you pass the “Otter-Be-Gone” as you head out of the local pro shop.
Links:
[TCPalm]: Three bitten by rabid otter spotted on golf course in Indian River County
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This Lani — should’ve been playing faster. I bet she dunked about 30 Titleists into the drink before the Otter said enough was enough, bitch, let the guys behind you play through for chrissakes.
Otter? — I hardly knew her!
lolz. — I’m in ur case, steelin ur beerz.
and then… — the doctor who had been administering the shots pulled off his mask to reveal that he was in fact the Otter the whole time! And he proceeded to bite the hell out of that bitch some more.
or….joke #2 — Do NOT, be aware of agressive beavers, if you know what I’m saying.