Girl bitten by beaver

[tom turkey 2x2]

Reading about a young girl bitten by a rabid beaver on lake lanier. Never heard of anything like this. I was told all my life that rabid animals were hydrophobic , fear of water.
my understanding the girl was bitten while swimming. What is the true story?

 

[NE GA Pappy]

Reading about a young girl bitten by a rabid beaver on lake lanier. Never heard of anything like this. I was told all my life that rabid animals were hydrophobic , fear of water.
my understanding the girl was bitten while swimming. What is the true story?

yes, it is true.

 

[oldfella1962]

yes, it is true.

Yep, I saw the update today. Even if a beaver was hydrophobic, it might still stay in or near the water just from habit or instinct.