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Reno swim instructor survives brutal 5-minute otter attack at Lake Tahoe
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(FOX40.COM) — A Reno woman says she's grateful to be alive after she was attacked over the weekend by an otter as she swam along Hidden Beach at Lake Tahoe. Residents say otters are a rarely seen in the area and wildlife experts say otter attacks are rare.
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A Reno swim instructor, Lynnette Bellin, was attacked by a river otter during a Lake Tahoe open-water swim near Hidden Beach and the East Shore, suffering 38 stitches and requiring rabies treatment. Officials noted a growing otter population in the region and urged beachgoers to exercise caution as …
(KRON)-- A woman was attacked by an otter in Lake Tahoe on Sunday, according to a Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesperson. Around 10 a.m. on Sunday, August 30, the Washoe County Sheriff's Department contacted the Nevada Department of Wildlife to report a wildlife attack near Hidden Beach in Lake …
WARNING: The video may be graphic for some. Lynnette Bellin, a swim instructor who teaches self rescue lessons, said she was on her weekly swim in the lake when the otter encounter occurred. "It was teeth and claws and I was pushing it away," Bellin said, describing what she says went on for about 5…
By Brady Halbleib An open-water swimmer says a routine morning swim in Lake Tahoe turned into a frightening encounter when an otter attacked her underwater. Lynnette Bellin said she was swimming near Hidden Beach in Incline Village when something suddenly grabbed her leg and pulled her underwater.
(FOX40.COM) — A woman was taken to the hospital Sunday after being attacked by an otter while swimming in Lake Tahoe. The Nevada Department of Fish and Wildlife said deputies with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office notified officials of a wildlife attack around 9:49 a.m.
(FOX40.COM) — A Reno woman says she's grateful to be alive after she was attacked over the weekend by an otter as she swam along Hidden Beach at Lake Tahoe. Residents say otters are a rarely seen in the area and wildlife experts say otter attacks are rare.
Woman from Reno was swimming near Hidden beach when river otter attacked her, Tahoe’s second incident in a month A swimmer at Lake Tahoe in Nevada was bitten by a river otter in an incident that left her needing to go to hospital and get 38 stitches for her wounds as well as rabies shots, local medi…
