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Thank you my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for sharing the harrowing tale [no beaver tail] of the kayaking event of Dan Wherley and his 7-year-old daughter Layla.
Being attacked by a beaver with its teeth and strong tail in the water was probably terrifying to 7-year-old Layla.

Thankfully the dad killed the beaver which was later discovered to be rabid.

"Dan Wherley and his 7-year-old daughter Layla were kayaking in Adams County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, when their trip took a dark turn. A large beaver attacked their kayak and put up quite a fight, according to the dad's Facebook post, and the animal later turned out to be rabid.

Wherley says he, Layla and their dog were on the creek by their house, when he felt something grab his kayak. Wherley says at first he thought it was just his dog pulling the boat, but it wasn't. "It was a big ass crazy beaver," the father wrote in the Facebook post.
It kept trying to bite and get into the kayak after me. I kept beating it with the paddle, this went one for a few minutes. It wouldn't give up," Wherley wrote. His photos show a beaver jumping out of the water, appearing to bite an oar. The beaver battle only escalated from there.
"Finally it swam to the opposite side of creek and turned and saw Layla on her kayak who is now 30 yards in front of me. It takes off straight after her. I yell at her to get to the shore, I jump out of my kayak to help," the father described in his Facebook post. He says the beaver made it to Layla's kayak and started to climb onto the back. "(S)he was screaming bloody murder," he wrote.
The tenacious beaver wouldn't give up. Wherley says he punched the animal and it fell into the water, but then it started lunging back at him. "I was punching, kicking and trying to get away from it. I ran to the bank with Layla and it followed me still trying to attack us," he wrote. "


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Once it's brains are messed up by the rabies virus, their not in their right mind.

Terrifying story. Rabies is a very bad thing.. Thank heavens it never bit the child.. The treatment for rabies is excruciating and painful.. :( Thanks for the share CW5 Jack Cardwell !