re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

Talking to the beaver might have been a very good idea. There have been several attacks locally in the past decade or so. Most have been attributed to rabies.

(2012)
Woman, 83, attacked by rabid beaver at Lake Barcroft in Fairfax County
washingtonpost.com

(2012)
Another rabid beaver attacks in Northern Virginia
washingtonexaminer.com

(2012)
Rabid beaver attacks two sisters on Lake Anna
nbc12.com

(2016)
Beaver Wins This Round: Bites Man’s Hand After Taking Punch in Fairfax County, Say Police
(Beaver bit his shoe and wouldn’t let go. Guy punched beaver. It went downhill from there.)
martinezbeavers.org

(2017)
ALERT: Beaver Attacks in Ben Brenman Park
alexandriaanimals.org