A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana has injured three women floating on inner tubes.
This undated image provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, shows the Jefferson River at the Limespur Fishing Access Site near Cardwell, Mont. A rare river otter attack along a nearby stretch of the river on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, left three women injured. – A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday.
At least one otter swam up to the adult women at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and attacked them, said Morgan Jacobsen with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. The women were able to get to shore, where one of them called 911, he said. “It's just not something you run into very often," Everett said."Bears do it, moose too and ocasionaly a deer, but otters? That's not normal.”
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